Announcements and Press Releases

August 13, 2021. To ESA members: I am writing today to let you know about an important change to the ESA 2021 elections: The proposed ESA Bylaws amendment that was on the current ballot has been removed and will be re-issued for a member vote via a special election in September. Please note: This change does not affect any part of the election other than the Bylaws initiative. All votes for candidates for office are unaffected, and the closing date for the current election period for candidates for office remains August 18.

Annapolis, MD; August 2, 2021—The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has elected 10 new Fellows of the Society for 2021. Election as a Fellow of ESA acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology in research, teaching, extension and outreach, administration, or the military.

Annapolis, MD; July 20, 2021—David B. Taylor, Ph.D., retired research entomologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and adjunct professor, emeritus, at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has been named the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Entomology, a bimonthly scientific journal of the Entomological Society of America.