Elizabeth Brabec is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the current director of the Center for Heritage and Society at the same institution. She also holds a visiting research professorship at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Environmental Sciences in Prague. Prior to the appointments at University of Massachusetts Amherst, she taught as a professor at other institutions including Utah State University, University of Michigan, University of Maryland, and George Washington University. Additionally, she founded a landscape architectural and land planning firm called Land Ethics, Inc., focusing primarily on land conservation in land and natural resources. She has acted as an expert witness in a variety of different capacities relating to her extensive professional and academic experience in the fields of architecture, land planning, and conservation. Elizabeth has a Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland, and a master of landscape architecture from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She is a Fellow Salzburg Global Session 571 Parks for the Planet Forum II.
