Jordana Dym is Professor of History at Skidmore College, where she holds the Kenan Chair of Liberal Studies. Her research interests in the history of cartography focus on the mapping of Central America, particularly Guatemala, and the intersection between Western travel and cartography. She served as chair of trustees of the International Society for the History of the Map (2019-2023) and is a founding editor of H-Maps. In 2022, she became an editor of the journal Imago Mundi. Recent publications include Mapping Travel: The Origins and Conventions of Western Journey Maps Brill Research Perspectives in Map History(Brill, 2021) and, with Carla Lois, Bound Images: maps, books, and reading in material and digital contexts maps, books, and reading in material and digital contexts" Word & Image 37 (2021).