Dr. Linda Loubert is a Political Economist with a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas.  She is an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at Morgan State University. Dr. Loubert is a certified Geographical Information Systems (GIS) professional and has used GIS for more than 20 years to support her spatial analysis of socioeconomic data.  She has published numerous articles that include spatial analysis of socioeconomic data, an approach now better known as Geodemographics.  She especially enjoys bringing trending GIS tools to the classroom, where her students learn the value of this emerging technology.  In addition to bringing these tools to faculty and students on Morgan's campus, her work is often featured at economics and geospatial conferences.