Detailed CV

Elizabeth A. Crisfield
CURRICULUM VITA
Department of Geography
302 Walker Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park PA 16802
E‐mail: eac16@psu.edu
Tel: (814) 777 ‐ 3395
Fax: (814) 863 ‐ 7943
Education
Pennsylvania State University, PhD In progress, Geography (Landscape Ecology)
University Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
(2008‐2009)
PhD Dissertation Topic: Climate Change and Appalachian Forest Composition and Fire Regimes
University of Georgia, MS, 1999, Agronomy (Soil Physics)
James Madison University, Magna Cum laude, BS, 1994, Physics
Professional Positions
2008‐present Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)
2006‐2007 Adjunct Physics Professor, Lord Fairfax Community College (Middletown, VA)
2006‐2007 Physics Teacher, Clarke County High School (Berryville, VA)
2005‐2006 Science Communications Specialist, Everglades National Park (Homestead, FL)
2003‐2005 Water Resources Liaison, Everglades National Park (Washington, DC)
2000‐2003 Hydrologist, Everglades National Park (Homestead, FL)
1996‐1999 Research Assistant, University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Related Activities and Awards
Member of the Stewardship Council, Appalachian Trail Conservancy (2009‐present)
Consultant, National Parks Conservation Association, State of the Parks Report for the Appalachian
National Scenic Trail (2008‐2009)
Volunteer and Consultant, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Harpers Ferry, WV (2007‐2008)
Volunteer Presenter, The Climate Project (2007‐2008)
National Park Service Star Award, March (2005)
National Park Service Star Award, November (2002)
Publications
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. Masters
Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1999.

Selected Presentations
Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM; August 2009: “Topographic complexity governs
cumulative area‐elevation gradients in differing Appalachian landscapes”
Presentations on behalf of The Climate Project, May 2007 to present. “The Climate Crisis: Reality and
Resolution”
George Wright Society Meetings, Philadelphia, PA; March 2005: “Assurances of Environmental Benefits
in Everglades Restoration”
National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, Orlando, FL; December 2004: “Who Gets the Water
Identification of Water for the Natural System”
4 th Grade Science Class, Colonial Drive Elementary, South Miami, FL; March, 2003: “The Everglades and
its Soil”
Women’s Club of Coconut Creek, Coconut Creek, FL; January, 2002: “Everglades Protection and
Restoration”
Sierra Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; June, 2002: “WRDA 2000 and the Programmatic Regulations”
American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC; invited talk May, 2002: “Hydrologic Restoration in the
Florida Everglades”
Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Conference, Naples, FL; December, 2000: “Modeling
Oxidation of Drained Organic Soils” and “Avoiding Incremental Losses of Marl‐Forming Wetlands”