Dr. Sandra Lach Arlinghaus is the Founding Director of the Institute of Mathematical Geography in Ann Arbor, which has published a series of monographs in addition to Solstice, one of the first electronic journals in the world. She is also Director of the Spatial Analysis Division at Community Systems Foundation and is an Adjunct Professor of Mathematical Geography and Population-Environment Dynamics in the School of Natural Resources and Environment (and Affiliated Faculty in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning) at The University of Michigan. Dr. Arlinghaus holds a Ph.D. in location theory, more broadly theoretical geography, from The University of Michigan; most of her publications center on this topic. She also serves a Planning Commissioner for the City of Ann Arbor.