Rate My Professor Elizabeth Wentz

Her research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of geographic technologies, including geographic information systems, remote sensing, and spatial analysis, to examine urban environments and human-environment interactions. Wentz authored the book 'How to Design, Write, and Present a Successful Dissertation Proposal' (2014). Selected publications include 'Six fundamental aspects for conceptualizing multidimensional urban form: A spatial mapping perspective' (Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018), 'Trends in urban land expansion, density, and land transitions from 1970 to 2010: a global synthesis' (Environmental Research Letters, 2020), 'Urban land expansion: the role of population and economic growth for 300+ cities' (npj Urban Sustainability, 2022), and 'Evaluating Geodesign for Community-Based Tribal Planning: The Role of Planners in Marginalized Communities' (Journal of the American Planning Association, 2021). She has contributed to decision tools like WaterSim for local water managers and participated in 15 research projects on topics such as urban sustainability and climate adaptation. Wentz received the Fellow of the Association of American Geographers (2020), ASU Graduate College Outstanding Doctoral Mentoring Award (2017), Faculty Women's Association Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award (2019), and delivered the Waldo Tobler Lecture (2015). She served as President of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (2015-2016).