Laurie Schintler

Laurie A. Schintler is an associate professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where she also serves as director of data and technology research initiatives in the Center for Regional Analysis.
Her primary areas of expertise and research focus include big data, emerging technologies, transportation, critical infrastructure, and quantitative methods. In these areas, she has numerous peer-reviewed publications, reports, and conference proceedings, coedited volumes, and grants and contracts.
Schintler is area editor for Journal of Networks and Spatial Economics, associate editor for Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, and a councilor-at-large for the Regional Science Association International (RSAI, 2017-19). She is a founding member of the Regional Science Academy (tRSA) and a holder of a U.S. patent. She received both her PhD and MA in regional and urban planning in 1996 from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has a BBA from the University of Iowa.