Women in Ecology Update

Looking for Women in Science (especially Ecology)? You can find a bunch of them here. For the last few years, we’ve been focusing on female ecologists, especially during Women’s History Month (March) each year. Visit our page devoted to these women for a full list of links.

The good news is we have much more to come! Thanks to the work of Dr. Jean Langenheim, we’ll be bringing you more profiles on women in ecology in the coming months. These latest profiles will feature one of Dr. Langenheim herself, ESA’s second female president and the foundation of our knowledge of Women in Ecology. Find us on Twitter (@ESAhistory, #womeninecology).

If we’ve counted right, ESA’s FIFTEENTH female president, Dr. Laura Huennecke, will take office next month. Twelve of these women have served in the last 30 years; five in the last ten years. Several are featured in microbiographies, but none has a full profile here. We welcome your participation in helping us fill these gaps!

: Dr. Felicia Keesing

: Dr. Judith Vergun

: Dr. Saran Twombly

: Dr. Kristin Berry

: Dr. Nancy Grimm

: Dr. Maria Uriarte

: Dr. Laura Huenneke

: Dr. Mary Power

: Verma Miera

: Dr. Alison Power

: Dr. Ann Bartuska

: Dr. Elaine Caton

: Dr. Diana Wall

: Mari N. Jensen

: Dr. Margaret Palmer

: Dr. Cynthia Hays

: Dr. Jane Lubchenco

: Dr. May Berenbaum

: Lois Hattery Tiffany (1924-2009) Iowa’s Mushroom Lady sparked interest in nature and the outdoors through outreach education. Photo courtesy Jean Tiffany Day.

: Dr. Iris C-F. Yen

: Dr. Carol Brewer

: Dr. Bettie Willard used colored toothpicks to mark plants. At Rocky Mtn. National Park, 1961. Chase Davies photo.

: Dr. Janet Lanza

: Dr. Cecilia Nuñez

: Dr. Pamela Matson

: Dr. Doris Soto

: Dr. Margaret Lowman

: Dr. Lisa J. Graumlich

: Dr. Jean Richardson

: Dr. Linda Meyers-Schone

: Dr. Judy Meyer

: Dr. Kay Gross

: Dr. Margaret Davis

: Frances C. James, in the Apalachicola National Forest, October 2014. Photo by Helen Roth.

: Dr. Barbara Abraham

: Dr. Jill Baron

: Beverly Rathcke, 1945-2011

: Dr. Jean Langenheim

: Dr. Felicia Keesing

: Dr. Harriet Barclay examines herbarium specimens at University of Tulsa. Her collections included more than 35,000 plants, many from her work in South America.