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Florida’s coastal regions face numerous challenges. The past offers lessons for how Floridians can confront them. This program by Dr. Evan Bennett provides historical context for the threats Florida’s coasts face and some hope from the history of Tampa Bay.
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Evan P. Bennett is an associate professor of history at Florida Atlantic University. Born and raised less than a mile from Tampa Bay, Bennett graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from the University of South Florida before finishing a Ph.D. at the College of William & Mary. His most recent book is Tampa Bay: The Story of an Estuary and Its People (University Press of Florida, 2024).
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Phone: 305-972-9677
Email: evanpbennett@gmail.com
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