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The evolving world map
How cartographic techniques, knowledge, and worldviews changed the maps people used to understand their place in the world.
Speaking engagements
Maps are never just pictures.
Jared brings cartographic history and GIS to life through clear, visual talks about how maps shape movement, memory, and power—tested on conference stages from Montreal to Alaska.
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History, geography, and the ideas inside every map.
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Maps, propaganda & power
A close look at how maps can persuade, reinforce authority, shape borders, and influence the stories societies tell.
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The art and science of mapmaking
The choices behind a map—from evidence and projection to visual hierarchy—and why those choices matter.
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Preserving maps in a digital age
How digitization, historical GIS, and interactive storytelling can protect geographic records and make them accessible.
Recent presentations
On stage at history conferences across North America.
Nine talks delivered at national, state, and regional meetings—including the National Council on Public History, Alaska Historical Society, and Florida Historical Society.
History Harvests @ UCF: Building a Student-Driven, Faculty-Directed, Staff-Supported, Community-Centered Model for Public History Collaboration
Presented a working model for community-centered public history: students lead the harvest, faculty guide the scholarship, staff support the logistics, and the community owns its story.
National Council on Public History Annual Meeting
Montreal, Quebec, Canada • March 2025
Unearthing the Past: The Hungerford School History Harvest and Community Memory
Shared how the historic Hungerford School history harvest surfaced photographs, documents, and memories that anchor Eatonville's community memory.
ZORA! Festival Event
Eatonville, FL • February 2025
The Evolution of the Responsibilities of the Alaska Border
Traced how the Alaska boundary's administration shifted over time, and what those changes reveal about mapping, sovereignty, and governance at the edge of the map.
Alaska Historical Society 2024 Annual Meeting
Cordova, AK • October 2024
Lighting Round: Eatonville's Historic Hungerford School: A Community-Engaged Digital Public History Project
A lightning talk on turning a community history harvest into a digital public history project that preserves the Hungerford School's legacy.
Florida Historical Society 2023 Annual Meeting and Symposium
Orlando, FL • May 2023
Early Pennsylvania Cartography
Explored how early Pennsylvania maps recorded settlement, land claims, and political ambition—and what their choices tell us about colonial geography.
Pennsylvania Historical Association 2023 Annual Meeting
Camp Hill, PA • October 2023
Early Alaskan Identity: Views from Early Alaskan Cartography
Read early Alaska maps as identity documents: how cartographers' depictions of the territory shaped the way Alaskans—and outsiders—understood the region.
Alaska Historical Society 2023 Annual Meeting
Kenai Peninsula College, AK • September 2023
Early American Cartography
A survey of early American mapmaking and the technical, political, and cultural forces that shaped the young nation's maps.
Florida Conference of Historians 2023 Annual Meeting
Fort Pierce, FL • March 2023
Samuel Johnson Dictionary Use in Florida Historical Documents
Used Samuel Johnson's dictionary as a lens to decode the language of Florida historical documents and recover meanings modern readers miss.
Florida Historical Society 2022 Annual Meeting and Symposium
Orlando, FL • May 2022
The Olustee Project and the Use of Excel Spreadsheets
Showed how structured spreadsheet work powered the Olustee Project's research—practical data methods any historical project can adopt.
Florida Historical Society 2022 Annual Meeting and Symposium
Orlando, FL • May 2022
Built for the room
A format that fits your audience.
Where Jared speaks
Conferences, universities, museums, classrooms, festivals, and educational institutions.
Flexible delivery
In-person or virtual presentations tailored to the audience, available time, and institution’s focus—from full sessions to lightning rounds.
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