Cindy JohnsonFaculty

Cindy Johnson is a Professor of Biology, Environmental Studies and African Studies. She is a self-proclaimed "plant pusher" with passion for plant biology, ecology (particuarly East African savannas) and the importance of plants in our world.   Cindy has lived in Tanzania (Fulbright Scholar), climbed Kilimanjaro and led many safaris to Tanzania.   She is at home in the wide open spaces of the Serengeti. Cindy teaches Conservation Biology, Plant Systematics, Organismal Biology, Environmental Justice and the Natural History of Tanzania. Cindy's research is in plant conservation, particularly the rare genus of ferns, moonworts (Botrychium).  'Moonwort Madness' is a disease common among Cindy's students that results in an obsessive interest in these bizarre ferns.  Cindy also has a strong interest and admiration for trees, the magnificent Baobabs of Africa among her favorites.

"Any good poet, in our age at least must begin with the scientific view of the world, and any scientist worth listening to must be something of a poet, must possess the ability to communicate to the rest of us his sense of love and wonder at what his work discovers." -- Edward Abbey

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