Place names affect how people perceive, experience and emotionally connect to their surroundings in both conscious and subconscious ways. Psychologists, sociologists and geographers have explored how ...

Class, Japan has the Lexus LS, Sweden has the Volvo S90, and we Americans have luxury full-size SUVs. Specifically, the GMC ...

“The name Denali has been official for use by the State of Alaska ... As for all the people and companies in the world that make maps, they usually use the official names. But there is nothing that ...

The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali, the tallest peak in the country, has resulted in lots of discussion. While for ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Innisfree McKinnon, University of Wisconsin-Stout (THE CONVERSATION) President ...