Suzanne Langridge

Suzanne (she/her) brings to the Paulson Initiative an interdisciplinary background and a passion for connecting people to their natural environment. At Wellesley, she has co-developed several collaborative courses, including Creating Sense of Place: Antiracism, Nature, and the Environment and Climate Crisis and the Liberal Arts. 

Prior to joining the Paulson Initiative, Suzanne led a cross-disciplinary project with the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment developing nature-based approaches to climate adaptation planning in colllaboration with coastal California communities. She served as a Lecturer at the University of California Santa Cruz for 7 years where she taught interdisciplinary courses on restoration and conservation, using place-based and experiential learning approaches. Suzanne also collaborated on restoration and conservation projects across the globe, providing her an opportunity to learn from a diverse range of ecosystems, people, and relationships to nature. Suzanne is always excited to engage with the full diversity of perspectives on campus and aims to create a center that is accessible for all and sparks curiousity and joy. She is an avid open water swimmer, fiddler, dancer, and loves finding new places to explore on Wellesley’s landscape. Suzanne received her Ph.D. in Environmental Studies and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of California Santa Cruz and her B.A. in Biology from Smith College.