Women in Ecology Series
This page lists all of our posts about women in ecology, from all categories. Some are career outlines or brief bios, and others are personal accounts highlighting the contributions of women, past and present. Throughout the year, but especially during Women’s History Month (March in US, UK, AU), we try to add profiles of women, some of which are based on the work of Dr. Jean Langenheim, who surveyed several generations of female ecologists and left us a legacy of material.
(In 1988, ESA past-president Jean Langenheim surveyed 55 female ecologists about their careers, producing her Past President’s Address and, in 1996, this followup paper.)
A few of the posts below are general summaries of our project. We welcome your input! Learn more about how you can contribute to this effort.
Profiles and Personal Accounts of Women in Ecology
- Ada Hayden, Preserving Iowa’s Prairies
- Alison G. Power
- Andrea Rivera-Sosa
- Ann Bartuska
- Ann M. Bartuska
- Barbara Abraham, Of Spiders and Bees
- Bettie Willard, Alpine Ecologist
- Beverly J. Rathcke, Challenging Dogma, Training Students
- Carol Brewer
- Carol Kaesuk Yoon, Science Journalist
- Carolyn Mary Kurle
- Cecilia Nuñez (2004)
- Cecilia Nuñez (2009)
- Colibrí Sanfiorenzo-Barnhard
- Cynthia Hays
- Dee Boersma (2009)
- Dee Boersma, Conservation Biologist
- Deep Ecology: Remembering Becky Sharitz
- Diana Wall, Soil Ecologist
- Doris Soto
- E. Lucy Braun
- Elaine Caton (2004)
- Elaine Caton (2009)
- Elizabeth M. Wolkovich
- ESA’s 2017 Awards
- ESA’s Evolving Leadership
- ESA’s Second Decade
- Felicia Keesing (2004)
- Felicia Keesing (2009)
- Frances C. James, An Ornithologist with a Propensity for Skepticism
- Grace Brush and the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem
- Harriet George Barclay, Tributes to a Teacher
- Helen Foot Buell, a Quiet Partner
- Iris C-F. Yen
- Jacquelyn Gill
- Janet Lanza
- Jean H. Langenheim
- Jean L. Richardson
- Jean Langenheim’s Interdisciplinary Explorations
- Jill S. Baron
- Judith Vergun, Tradition and Ecology
- Karen L. McKee
- Katherine L. Gross
- Kristin Berry
- Laura Foster Huenneke
- Linda Meyers-Schone
- Lisa J. Graumlich
- Lois H. Tiffany, More than a “Mushroom Lady”
- Margaret B. Davis
- Margaret Lowman
- Margaret Palmer
- Maria Uriarte, Tropical Forest Ecology
- Mary Minerva Steagall
- Mary Talbot, Pioneering Entomologist
- May Berenbaum
- May R. Berenbaum
- Mimi Lam, Human Dimensions of Fisheries
- Monica G. Turner
- Nadine Lymn
- Nancy Grimm
- Pamela A. Matson
- Pamela Matson
- Patricia A. Werner
- Rachel Thiet
- Robin W. Kimmerer, Ecology and Culture
- Ruth Myrtle Patrick
- Saran Twombly (2009)
- Saran Twombly, NSF Program Director
- Sonia Ortega
- Verma Miera
- Winona Hazel Welch, Moss Champion
- Zakiya Leggett