Elizabeth Ridder

Elizabeth Ridder is an Associate Professor in the Liberal Studies Department at California State University, San Marcos. She teaches courses in physical geography, GIS, climate change, and environmental geography, with a focus on Mediterranean and arid environments.

• Research: Examines human-environment interactions across spatial and temporal scales, including vegetation responses to climate change in the Levant, Cypriot vegetation modeling, and urban wildlife dynamics at the urban-wildland interface.
• Collaborations: Works with researchers like P.L. Fall, S.E. Falconer, and M. Soto-Berelov on interdisciplinary projects.
• Publications: Focus on environmental geography, archaeology, and GIS applications, including studies on Bronze Age landscapes and species distribution modeling.