Two Women Granted Tenure at Macalester College

Macalester College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in St. Paul, Minnesota, has granted tenure to seven faculty members. Two of the seven are women.

Darcy Burgund is a member of the psychology department faculty. She is a graduate of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Burgund specializes in research on high-level visual cognition and memory.

Laura Smith teaches geography at Macalester. She is a graduate of Macalester College and holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Her current research is focused on mortgage foreclosure patterns in the Twin Cities and on issues of American Indian land ownership.