Janice Jones Monk (13 March 1937 – 12 July 2024) was an Australian-American feminist geographer and researcher in the South West United States, and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Arizona School of Geography, Development and Environment.
She moved to Tucson, AZ to join the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) at the University of Arizona in the same year, serving as its executive director from 1983 to 2004.
[1] Monk has made significant contributions to social and cultural geography, with a particular focus on women and minority groups in the US and Mexico and their livelihoods and health.
Her work at SIROW involved several large research grants for cross-border and regional support to women's groups and minority communities, totaling $6,500,000.
A Janice Monk Lecture in Feminist Geography is also held at the University of Arizona and AAG, and published in the journal Gender, Place and Culture.