Leandra Merz

 

Assistant Professor of Geography
Storm Hall 311B | [email protected]

Leandra Merz is an assistant professor in geography and a conservationist focused on promoting human-wildlife coexistence in shared landscapes. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida. Leandra has primarily lived and worked in southern Africa focusing on community based natural resource management programs. She has also worked on human-wolf interactions in the northwestern U.S. Her research interests also include wildlife crime, gender and conservation, sustainable development, and natural resource governance.