Matthew H. Edney has a rather complex existence at
USM. He is a professor of geography and (since 2007)
the Osher Professor in the History of Cartography,
with responsibility for courses in map history. He is
also “faculty scholar” in the Osher Map Library and
Smith Center for Cartographic Education. Since 2005 he
has directed the History of Cartography Project at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2022, he has
also taught an intensive week-long summer course at
Rare Book School, University of Virginia.