Laura Smith, Assistant Professor

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Laura Smith teaches courses in urban economic geography, North America and quantitative 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. For additional information see her complete vitae.
	[Left] Northwest Company Fur Post (Pine City, MN)	Winona LaDuke and Smith at the 2006 AAG Meeting (Chicago, IL)

NEWS
As the U.S. Congress and Federal Reserve rethink national policies and regulations pertaining to the home lending industry, we talk with Geography Professor Laura Smith about her and her students' use of GIS mapping technology to find answers to the question, "How can we predict where foreclosures are likely to occur and proactively stop them from happening?" (AUG 2007) listen»

Laura Smith, geography professor, talks about her experiences right after graduation, her first teaching experience and offers advice to the class of 2006.
Time : 7m52s Listen : MP3

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