Announcements and Press Releases

Annapolis, MD; August 18, 2025—The Entomological Society of America congratulates the recipients of its 2025 awards. ESA Awards & Honors recognize scientists, educators, and students who have distinguished themselves through their contributions to entomology. Award honorees will be showcased during Entomology 2025, November 9-12 in Portland, Oregon.

Annapolis, MD; August 4, 2025—The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has elected nine new Fellows of the Society for 2025: Joanna C. Chiu, Laura C. Harrington, John Heraty, Margaret M. Mayfield, Robert K.D. Peterson, Paula Shrewsbury, Andrew V. Suarez, Michael Ulyshen, and Jessica Ware. Election as a Fellow of ESA acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology via research, teaching, extension, administration, military service, or public engagement and science policy.

Annapolis, MD; July 30, 2025—With this statement of shared purpose and vision, the 24 undersigned organizations, who represent over 28,000 insect scientists from six continents across the world, commit to deepen our collaborative efforts to seek solutions to the world's challenges and support the global entomological community. We urge government leaders to support insect science and we pledge to continue to advocate for global cooperation in insect science.

Annapolis, MD; July 10, 2025—The Entomological Society of America congratulates the 2025 class of interns and fellows selected for the Public Health Entomology for All program. In partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ESA has expanded Public Health Entomology For All (PHEFA) in 2025 to include more one-year fellowships, extended two-year fellowships, and new summer internships and placements in state health departments. The goal of PHEFA is to encourage students and recent graduates to pursue entomology as a career and work toward a future in which all communities benefit from creative scientific processes and solutions.

Annapolis, MD; June 11, 2025—Kelley J. Tilmon, Ph.D., professor of entomology at The Ohio State University, has been selected to deliver the Founders' Memorial Award Lecture at Entomology 2025, the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Tilmon's lecture will enlighten attendees on the life and career of Maud Doria Haviland (1889-1941), a groundbreaking British female entomologist and ornithologist.

Annapolis, MD; June 9, 2025—The Entomological Society of America and Oxford University Press have reached an agreement to renew their partnership through 2032 to publish ESA's collection of eight scientific journals and its member magazine.

Annapolis, MD; February 10, 2025—As a scientific society, ESA has always supported both the advancement of science and the people who practice it, and we always will. We remain committed to advocating for insect science and the ways it improves the world, and we stand by our principles that entomology must be both welcoming and beneficial to all corners of society.

Annapolis, MD; December 16, 2024—The Entomological Society of America welcomes Josh Lancette to its headquarters staff as the Society's new director of publications. Lancette will guide the strategy and operations of ESA's family of research journals and its quarterly magazine.

Annapolis, MD; November 20, 2024—Hugh A. Smith, Ph.D., vegetable entomologist at the University of Florida Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, has been selected as the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management. He will succeed Eric Rebek, Ph.D., who will depart from the journal's top editor position at the end of 2024.

Annapolis, MD; August 29, 2024—Andrew Short, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Entomology and Nematology Department at the University of Florida, has been elected by members of the Entomological Society of America as the organization's next Vice President-Elect. ESA members also elected five other entomologists to begin or continue positions on the ESA Governing Board.