The panel features UNM professors Maria Lane, Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor in Geography; Katherine Massoth, Assistant Professor in History; and Sierra Ramirez, PhD student in History. Marcy Botwick, Borders Exhibit Curator and Zimmerman Librarian, will also participate in the discussion. The presentation will focus on the history of mapmaking in the Southwestern United States and will examine how maps, intentionally and unintentionally, reveal social dynamics equally as much as geographic formations. Maria Lane and Sierra Ramirez will also discuss an innovative collaboration between the University’s history and geography departments that highlights and reintegrates indigenous knowledge on historic national trail sites through interactive mapping techniques. 

The Willard Lecture Series, established in honor of former UNM Regent Larry Willard, features engaging speakers highlighting collections from the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, the work of University of New Mexico scholars and topics impacting today’s changing libraries and their impact on the world of academics and research.