Associate Professor
Urban economic, North America, and Native Americans

Carnegie Hall, 104b
Telephone: 651-696-6505
smithl@macalester.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Laura Smith teaches courses in urban economic geography, US and Canada and statistical research methods. She also teaches an urban GIS seminar that connects the class with a community-based project. Her recent research projects have focused on mortgage foreclosure patterns in the Twin Cities, transportation and development, and on issues of American Indian land ownership.

SELECTED WORKS OF LAURA SMITH in the Macalester Digital Commons

Courses

• GEOG 242:  Regional Geography of the US and Canada
• GEOG 262:  Metro Analysis
• GEOG 365:  Urban GIS
• GEOG 378:  Statistical Research Methods in Geography
• GEOG 488: Transportation Geography