{"id":87964,"date":"2018-01-31T16:38:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T21:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=87964"},"modified":"2018-02-06T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T16:14:09","slug":"umws-hanna-charts-untold-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/31\/umws-hanna-charts-untold-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW&#8217;s Hanna Charts Untold Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Hanna would peer out the window on road trips with his parents, matching points on the highway to the ones on the paper he held in his hands. Something about all those dots, lines and colors drew him in.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder Hanna, UMW professor of geography, ended up building a career on making \u2013 and teaching about \u2013 maps. There was no alternative route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brain works by making connections between things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/31\\\/umws-hanna-charts-untold-stories\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 301px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"301\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 449px; height: 301px;\" data-original-width=\"449\" data-original-height=\"301\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/31\/umws-hanna-charts-untold-stories\/7807-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"445\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"297\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"87971\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3600,2400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1515627349&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7807 K Pearlman Photography\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg?w=445&#038;h=297&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg 3600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7807-K-Pearlman-Photography-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"445\" height=\"297\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"445\" data-original-height=\"297\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"7807 K Pearlman Photography\" alt=\"UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna is interviewed in downtown Fredericksburg by With Good Reason&#039;s Kelley Libby. The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. Photos by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 445px; height: 297px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna is interviewed in downtown Fredericksburg by With Good Reason&#8217;s Kelley Libby. The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. 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The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. Photos by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 445px; height: 297px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna is interviewed in downtown Fredericksburg by With Good Reason&#8217;s Kelley Libby. The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. 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The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. Photos by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 198px; height: 297px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna is interviewed in downtown Fredericksburg by With Good Reason&#8217;s Kelley Libby. The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. Photos by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 368px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"368\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 550px; height: 368px;\" data-original-width=\"550\" data-original-height=\"368\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/31\/umws-hanna-charts-untold-stories\/7758-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"546\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"364\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"87967\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3600,2400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1515625293&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7758 K Pearlman Photography\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg?w=546&#038;h=364&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg 3600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7758-K-Pearlman-Photography-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"546\" data-original-height=\"364\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"7758 K Pearlman Photography\" alt=\"UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna is interviewed in downtown Fredericksburg by With Good Reason&#039;s Kelley Libby. The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. Photos by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 546px; height: 364px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna is interviewed in downtown Fredericksburg by With Good Reason&#8217;s Kelley Libby. The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. Photos by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 550px; height: 368px;\" data-original-width=\"550\" data-original-height=\"368\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/31\/umws-hanna-charts-untold-stories\/7745-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"546\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"364\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"87966\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3600,2400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1515625094&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7745 K Pearlman Photography\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg?w=546&#038;h=364&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography.jpg 3600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/01\/7745-K-Pearlman-Photography-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"546\" data-original-height=\"364\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"7745 K Pearlman Photography\" alt=\"UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna is interviewed in downtown Fredericksburg by With Good Reason&#039;s Kelley Libby. The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. Photos by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 546px; height: 364px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW Professor of Geography Steve Hanna is interviewed in downtown Fredericksburg by With Good Reason&#8217;s Kelley Libby. The show airs locally on Sunday at 2. Photos by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Since coming to campus in 1997, Hanna has taken the business of making connections at Mary Washington to heart. He ties the art of cartography to history, political science \u2013 even English \u2013 and uses maps to tell powerful stories about our world. But perhaps his greatest connections are the ones he makes with his students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d much rather sit and work on something with students than stand in front of a classroom,\u201d said Hanna, who enlists undergrads to make maps, write articles, do fieldwork, conduct research and contribute to all types of projects.<\/p>\n<p>The public radio show<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.withgoodreasonradio.org\">With Good Reason<\/a> <\/em>will feature one of them with the Feb. 3 d\u00e9but of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.withgoodreasonradio.org\/episode\/civil-rights-and-civil-war-markers\/\">\u201cCivil Rights and Civil War Markers.\u201d<\/a> The show, which airs in Fredericksburg on <a href=\"http:\/\/wvtf.org\/?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=117&amp;Itemid=125\">Radio IQ 88.3 Digital<\/a> on Sunday at 2 p.m., will highlight Hanna\u2019s research with students on Fredericksburg monuments and markers, and the stories they tell \u2013 or don\u2019t tell \u2013 about the history of slavery. The appearance is the latest in a string of successes for Hanna. In November alone, the American Association of Geographers (AAG) gave him its Southeastern Division Research Honors Award, a spot among its first fellows and the title of cartography editor for its three publications.<\/p>\n<p>Hanna has logged many miles since he landed his first job making street maps, drawing straight edges and smoothing curves. But even back then his knack for cartography transcended the technical. He had a flair from the start, he said, for \u201ctaking a good map and making it into something somebody wanted to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And learn from.<\/p>\n<p>A human geographer and GIS expert whose work centers around cultural, economic and critical aspects, Hanna\u2019s research focuses on how a map\u2019s meaning can change with each user\u2019s knowledge and background. And he involves colleagues \u2013 and especially students \u2013 every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr.\u00a0Hanna&#8217;s willingness to bring students onboard in his research shows that he\u2019s confident in our abilities,\u201d said Maiah Bartlett \u201917. \u201cKnowing this helped build my confidence not just as a student but as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The research Hanna will share on this weekend\u2019s radio show found that few Fredericksburg monuments and markers mentioned slavery, but it opened the door for something bigger: Hanna\u2019s \u201cTransformation of Racialized American Southern Heritage Landscape.\u201d The three-year endeavor \u2013 funded by a $445,000-plus National Science Foundation grant and involving five partner universities and eight UMW undergrads \u2013 revealed a similar trend at plantation museums across the U.S. South.<\/p>\n<p>The team documented tours; conducted thousands of interviews on plantations across Louisiana, South Carolina and Virginia; transcribed, coded and analyzed the data; and published the results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was my most rewarding experience as a student at UMW,\u201d Christine MacKrell \u201917 said of the project, which is changing the way the South tells its story of slavery. \u201cFor a professor to bring undergraduates into their own research is a rare opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the best things about Hanna\u2019s new job as AAG\u2019s cartography editor? Getting to hire a student assistant.<\/p>\n<p>The collaborative professor, who won Mary Washington\u2019s prestigious Waple Faculty Professional Achievement Award in 2016, has used cartography to illustrate voting trends, industry and everything in between. His work is widely published in geography journals and he\u2019s co-edited two books. But some of his proudest accomplishments have happened when he\u2019s brought others along for the ride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most enjoyable parts to me, and I think the most meaningful to UMW students,\u201d Hanna said of the NSF plantation project, \u201care those when we had to work together to learn to do something new.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Hanna would peer out the window on road trips with his parents, matching points on the highway to the ones on the paper he held in his hands. Something about all those dots, lines and colors drew him in. 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