Terence Farrell

Biography

Terence Farrell was born in 1958 and caught ring-necked snakes and red-backed salamanders in his back yard as a child. After becoming a faculty member of Stetson in 1989, he spent much of the next two decades studying pigmy rattlesnakes and box turtles at Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge with Peter May and a dedicated group of Stetson University students. Approximately 20 of these students have published their work. He has also served as department chair and worked to improve Stetson University's science facilities. In recent years he has won both the John Hague Award for outstanding teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences and the William Hugh McEniry Award for outstanding teaching at Stetson University.

Research Interest

Ecology, Behavior of turtles and rattlesnakes