Mark Stephen Monmonier | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Pennsylvania State University Johns Hopkins University |
Spouse |
Margaret Janet Kollner
(
m. 1965) |
Children | 1 |
Awards |
German Cartographic Society's
Mercator Medal (2008) American Geographical Society's Osborn Maitland Miller Medal (2001) Guggenheim Fellowship (1984) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Syracuse University |
Thesis | On the Use of Digitized Map Sampling and Measurement: An Example in Crop Ecology (September 1969) |
Doctoral advisors | George F. Deasy Anthony Williams |
Website |
www |
Mark Stephen Monmonier (born February 2, 1943 [1]) is a Distinguished Professor of Geography and the Environment at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. He specializes in toponymy, geography, and geographic information systems. [2]
Monmonier began his academic career as Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Rhode Island in 1969. He would soon after take a position at the State University of New York at Albany in 1970. [1] [3] He joined the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1973, where he continued his career until his retirement in May 2021. [4] He is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. [4]
Monmonier's research focused on the twentieth-century history of cartography, in particular, map-related inventions and patents. He also wrote extensively on the use of maps for surveillance and as analytical and persuasive tools in politics, journalism, environmental science, and public administration. [5]
The "Monmonier Algorithm", an important research tool for geographic studies in linguistics and genetics, is based on an article he published in 1973. [6] [7]
In 2008, he received the German Cartographic Society's Mercator Medal. [8]
In 2016, he was inducted into the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association's GIS Hall of fame. [9]
In 2023, the American Association of Geographers awarded Monmonier the AAG Lifetime Achievement Honors, for making "outstanding contributions to geographic research, most notably in the fields of cartography and geographic communication" as well as an "extensive record of distinctive leadership at national and international levels". [7] [10]
Monmonier has authored over 20 books, and his popular written works show a combination of serious study and a sense of humor. Most of his work is published by the University of Chicago Press. [11] He has appeared on National Public Radio interview programs.
For example, in From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: how maps name, claim, and inflame, Monmonier discusses topics such as:
In How to Lie with Maps, Monmonier gives us a different view of maps: Different projections give vastly disparate impressions of the same "facts" or terrain.
Mark Stephen Monmonier | |
---|---|
Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Pennsylvania State University Johns Hopkins University |
Spouse |
Margaret Janet Kollner
(
m. 1965) |
Children | 1 |
Awards |
German Cartographic Society's
Mercator Medal (2008) American Geographical Society's Osborn Maitland Miller Medal (2001) Guggenheim Fellowship (1984) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Syracuse University |
Thesis | On the Use of Digitized Map Sampling and Measurement: An Example in Crop Ecology (September 1969) |
Doctoral advisors | George F. Deasy Anthony Williams |
Website |
www |
Mark Stephen Monmonier (born February 2, 1943 [1]) is a Distinguished Professor of Geography and the Environment at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. He specializes in toponymy, geography, and geographic information systems. [2]
Monmonier began his academic career as Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Rhode Island in 1969. He would soon after take a position at the State University of New York at Albany in 1970. [1] [3] He joined the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1973, where he continued his career until his retirement in May 2021. [4] He is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. [4]
Monmonier's research focused on the twentieth-century history of cartography, in particular, map-related inventions and patents. He also wrote extensively on the use of maps for surveillance and as analytical and persuasive tools in politics, journalism, environmental science, and public administration. [5]
The "Monmonier Algorithm", an important research tool for geographic studies in linguistics and genetics, is based on an article he published in 1973. [6] [7]
In 2008, he received the German Cartographic Society's Mercator Medal. [8]
In 2016, he was inducted into the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association's GIS Hall of fame. [9]
In 2023, the American Association of Geographers awarded Monmonier the AAG Lifetime Achievement Honors, for making "outstanding contributions to geographic research, most notably in the fields of cartography and geographic communication" as well as an "extensive record of distinctive leadership at national and international levels". [7] [10]
Monmonier has authored over 20 books, and his popular written works show a combination of serious study and a sense of humor. Most of his work is published by the University of Chicago Press. [11] He has appeared on National Public Radio interview programs.
For example, in From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: how maps name, claim, and inflame, Monmonier discusses topics such as:
In How to Lie with Maps, Monmonier gives us a different view of maps: Different projections give vastly disparate impressions of the same "facts" or terrain.