Liza Goldberg

Liza Goldberg

Liza Goldberg

  • CDDRL Honors Student, 2023-24

Biography

Major: Earth Systems
Minor: Data Science
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Thesis Advisor: Erik Jensen & Stephen Luby

Tentative Thesis Title: Investigating and Addressing Psychological Climate Poverty Traps among India’s Rural Youth

Future aspirations post-Stanford: After I finish my undergraduate degree, I will pursue a PhD program in sustainable development. I seek to dedicate my education and career to applying groundbreaking satellite technology in aiding climate adaptation across low- and middle-income nations.

A fun fact about yourself: I'm currently learning Hindi and hope to be at least conversationally fluent by summer!

publications

Adolescent psychological health, temporal discounting, and climate distress under increased flood exposure in Bangladesh: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study

Author(s)
Adolescent psychological health, temporal discounting, and climate distress under increased flood exposure in Bangladesh: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study
Journal Articles
July 2025

In The News

A woman stands on sandbags stacked to protect against flooding in Barisal, Bangladesh.
News

Climate Change and Mental Health Among Teenagers in Two Bangladeshi Cities

CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
Climate Change and Mental Health Among Teenagers in Two Bangladeshi Cities
Stanford researchers and others conducting focus group discussions in Barisal, Bangladesh.
News

Climate distress: Disasters linked to mental health impacts

Adolescents living in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh face dramatically higher rates of anxiety and depression than their peers in lower-risk regions, according to a Stanford-led study by CDDRL Fisher Family Honors Program alumna Liza Goldberg ('24) that highlights a hidden cost of climate change with potentially devastating long-term consequences.
Climate distress: Disasters linked to mental health impacts
Liza Goldberg
News

CDDRL Honors Alumna Named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Liza Goldberg (Fisher Family Honors Program class of 2023-24) is among 84 scholars in the Knight-Hennessy Scholars' eighth cohort.
CDDRL Honors Alumna Named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholar