Macalester Grants Tenure Status to U of M Alum

St. Paul, Minn. - Macalester College has granted tenure status to Laura Smith, associate professor of Geography in the Geography Department. Smith received her PhD and MA from the University of Minnesota and her BA from Macalester College. She joined the Macalester faculty in 2004 as an assistant professor.

Smith is an urban geographer whose recent research projects have focused on mortgage foreclosure patterns in the Twin Cities, transportation and development, and on issues of American Indian land ownership.
Smith teaches Metropolitan Analysis, Urban GIS, Transportation Geography, Regional Geography of the U.S. and Canada, and Statistical Research Methods in Geography.
Macalester College, founded in 1874, is a national liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of 1,978 students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to academic excellence, internationalism, multiculturalism, and civic engagement. Learn more at macalester.edu

Macalester Grants Tenure Status to U of M Alum

St. Paul, Minn. - Macalester College has granted tenure status to Daniel Trudeau, associate professor of Geography in the Geography Department. Trudeau, an urban social geographer whose research examines urban political economy, cultural landscapes, and social justice, received his PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder, his MA from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his BA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He joined the Macalester faculty in 2006 as an assistant professor.



Trudeau's research experience represents his diverse set of interests in urban geography. He believes Geography is an important part of a liberal arts education. In his teaching, he tries to develop an awareness and appreciation of how geography matters for understanding the world around us, focusing on the usefulness of geographic concepts and perspectives for understanding social problems, politics, and culture.
Trudeau teaches Urban Social Geography, Political Geography and Cities of the 21st Century: the Political Economy of Urban Sustainability.
Macalester College, founded in 1874, is a national liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of 1,978 students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to academic excellence, internationalism, multiculturalism, and civic engagement. Learn more at macalester.edu