Don Stratton

Senior Lecturer in Plant Biology

Co-director of the Integrated Biological Science Program

CALS Commencement Speaker Don Stratton
Affiliated Department(s)

University of Vermont, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

BIO

Don Stratton is currently a senior lecturer in Plant Biology and co-director of the Integrated Biological Science Program. He received his PhD in Ecology and Evolution from SUNY Stony Brook, did postdoctoral research at Duke University, and was an assistant Professor at Princeton before moving to UVM in 1998.   He has enjoyed teaching a variety of subjects, from genetics to ecology, and has had well over a thousand students pass through his introductory biology classes.

Don lives in Bristol and has two grown daughters. When he's not doing biology, you can usually find him doing some kind of musical activity. He plays fiddle with the band Red Dog Riley and leads contra and square dances all around Vermont.  

Bio

Don Stratton is currently a senior lecturer in Plant Biology and co-director of the Integrated Biological Science Program. He received his PhD in Ecology and Evolution from SUNY Stony Brook, did postdoctoral research at Duke University, and was an assistant Professor at Princeton before moving to UVM in 1998.   He has enjoyed teaching a variety of subjects, from genetics to ecology, and has had well over a thousand students pass through his introductory biology classes.

Don lives in Bristol and has two grown daughters. When he's not doing biology, you can usually find him doing some kind of musical activity. He plays fiddle with the band Red Dog Riley and leads contra and square dances all around Vermont.