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Elizabeth Crisfield

Education

  • Pennsylvania State University, PhD 2012, Geography (Biogeography and Landscape Ecology). Dissertation Title: Climate change impacts on forests: modeling relationships between static landscape patterns and dynamic vegetation responses.

  • University of Georgia, M.S. 1999, Agronomy (Soil Physics)

  • James Madison University, Magna Cum Laude, B.S. 1994, Physics

Professional Experience

  • Founded the Strategic Stewardship Initiative, 2015

  • Consultant, Terwilliger Consulting Inc. 2013-2021

  • Graduate Research Assistant, 2008-2012

  • Physics Teacher, 2006-2007

  • Water Resources Liaison, Everglades National Park (Homestead FL and Washington DC), 2003-2006

  • Hydrologist, Everglades National Park (Homestead FL), 2000-2003

Professional Development

  • The Climate Project, science communication training with Al Gore, April 2007

  • Virginia Community College Program for Teaching Licensure, 2006-2007

  • Leadership Training, (conflict resolution, team-building, decision-making) Summer, 2005

  • Natural Resource Law and Policy for Superintendents, NPS training, September, 2004

Publications

  • Crisfield, Elizabeth. Climate change impacts on forests: modeling relationships between static landscape patterns and dynamic vegetation responses. Doctoral Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2012.

  • Dufour, Caroline and Elizabeth Crisfield, Eds. The Appalachian Trail MEGA-Transect. Harpers Ferry, WV: Appalachian Trail Conservancy, 2008

  • Crisfield, Elizabeth. Modeling the effect of precipitation, horizonation, and slope on lateral flow. Master's Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1999.

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