Past Event: Telling Stories with Maps by Allen Carroll

Wed Oct 8, 2025 3:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.
Allen Carroll Book Presentation

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Telling Stories with Maps by Allen Carroll

In-Person Event

Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Franke Family Digital Humanities Laboratory, Sterling Memorial Library
(see directions) | 120 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Refreshments will be provided.

This event is organized in partnership with Yale Library and the Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions.

About the Event

Join Allen Carroll, Program Manager for Storytelling at Esri, for an engaging talk on Telling Stories with Maps. Allen founded Esri’s StoryMaps team, which has empowered hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations to create place-based stories that blend interactive maps with multimedia content. He leads an editorial team supporting a global community of digital storytellers.

Before joining Esri, Allen spent 27 years at the National Geographic Society, where he served as chief cartographer. He oversaw the creation of the Society’s renowned reference and wall maps, globes, and atlases, and led the production of the Seventh and Eighth editions of the World Atlas, integrating thematic maps with interactive web resources. His leadership advanced projects focused on biodiversity, conservation, and indigenous cultures.

Allen is the author of Telling Stories with Maps, published by Esri Press in June 2025.

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