Steve A. Johnson, Ph.D.

Dr. Steve Johnson is a tenured faculty member in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Before joining the University of Florida, he worked as the State Sea Turtle Program Coordinator in North Carolina, and as a research wildlife biologist with the US Geological Survey (USGS). At the USGS, he coordinated efforts for the national Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) in the southeastern United States. Dr. Johnson's area of expertise is natural history and conservation of amphibians and reptiles, and he has worked extensively with imperiled species. He is a member of several professional societies, including the Society for Conservation Biology, Herpetologists League, and The Wildlife Society.
 

Education

• Ph.D. 2001 - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation,
                          University of Florida
• M.S. 1994   -  Biology, University of Central Florida
• B.S. 1990    -  Biology, University of Central Florida

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology
  University of Florida/IFAS
  Gainesville, FL
  June 2011 – present
• Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology
  University of Florida/IFAS
  Gulf Coast REC, Plant City Center
  Plant City, FL
  July 2010 – May 2011
• Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology
  University of Florida, IFAS
  Plant City Campus, Plant City, FL
  July 2004 – July 2010
• Affiliate Faculty Member
  School of Natural Resources and Environment
  University of Florida, Gainesville
  March 2006 – Present
• Research Wildlife Biologist
  U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL
  February 2002 – June 2004
• State Sea Turtle Program Coordinator
  North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
  Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program
  Gloucester, NC
  May 2001 – February 2002

Teaching at UF

From 2004-2011, Dr. Steve Johnson contributed to the Natural Resource Ecology program at the Gulf Coast REC's teaching center in Plant City, Florida, and also offered classes to students in Gainesville (and other areas) via distance learning. His course offerings provided training in wildlife sampling, identification, ecology, and management, and in natural resource communication. Dr. Johnson is now located on the main campus in Gainesville, where he teaches courses in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. The following is a list of the courses he teaches -- follow the links for full course descriptions and most recent syllabi. For a complete description of Dr. J's teaching experience, see his full CV below.

• Wildlife of Florida
• Natural Resource Ecology
• Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles
• Invasion Ecology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Selected Publications

Curriculum vitae (pdf)