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.