Marc Lebovitz Judy Olson, professor of Geography at Michigan State University and current chair of the U.S. National Committee for the International Cartographic Association, will be the 2001 Distinguished Geography Speaker at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in the Bone Student Center Founders Suite at Illinois State University. For Users of Maps.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Her work has been primarily in the area of quantitative mapping and the psychology of maps. Subjects of her publications have included map complexity, two-variable maps, the use of color in mapping, designing maps for people with defective color vision, and multimedia in geography. Olson has her Ph.D. and master s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her bachelor s degree from Wisconsin State University at Stevens Point.