Cynthia C. Bennington

Biography

Cindy Bennington has conducted ecological research in Alaska, West Virginia, New Jersey and Florida. At Stetson, she teaches ecological and botanical courses and actively engages students in research on the ecology of arctic and temperate plant species. She also involves Stetson students in environmental service-learning projects both on and off campus. Currently, she and Dr. Karen Cole, the director of the Gillespie Museum, are leading an effort to plant trees and shrubs in an area adjacent to the museum, with the goal of establishing a "Teaching Landscape" that recreates a small portion of the longleaf pine ecosystem that historically dominated the sandhills of central Florida.

Research Interest

Gender expression in passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), Ant-plant mutualisms in passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) , Implications of ecotypic variation for the response of tundra plants to climate change.