Two Women Scholars Named Fellows of the Entomological Society of America

The governing board of the Entomological Society of America has named 10 individuals as new Fellows of the Society for 2014. Fellows are chosen for outstanding contributions to entomology in research, teaching, extension or administration. The new fellows will be honored at the 62nd annual meeting of the society in November in Portland, Oregon. Two of the 10 new fellows are women.

Nilsa A. Bosque-Perez is professor in the department of plant, soil, and entomological sciences at the University of Idaho. She has been on the faculty at the university since 1997 and was promoted to full professor in 2006. Earlier in her career, she spent 11 years at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Dr. Bosque-Perez is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in entomology from the University of California, Davis.

Nancy A. Moran is a professor of integrative biology at the University of Texas at Austin. She joined the faculty at the University of Texas in 2013. Previously, Dr. Moran was the William H. Fleming Professor of Biology at Yale University. Earlier, she spent 24 years on the faculty at the University of Arizona, rising to the rank of Regents Professor.

Professor Moran is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Michigan and was a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Northern Arizona University.