Barbara Holzman

Barbara Holzman, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita at San Francisco State University in the Department of Geography and Environment where she was a professor for 25 years. She holds PhD and MA degrees from UC Berkeley and UCLA, respectively, and a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley. She has always been passionate about the environment and in addition to teaching in her department, she cofounded the Interdisciplinary EnvironmentalStudiesProgram at SF State andservedasitsProgramDirectorforseveralyears.The focus of Dr. Holzman’s past research and writing has been biogeography and natural resource management. She retired from SF State in 2016. She currently serves as anAssociate Researcher at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and a part timeconsultant for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.