Jim Collins Biography

[Milan Skidmore]

Overthe next thirty years, Dr. Collins would change the world of entomology and the study of termites forever. Co-author of over 40 publications, she described the biogeography (how species come to be where they are), physiology, chemical defense strategies, and taxonomy of termites. Dr. Collins became the world expert on termite diversity, discovering a new species of termite in Florida (Neotermes luykxi) and having a termite species in the Antilles named in her honor (Parvitermes collinsae). She would go on to hold three tenured professor positions at Howard University, Florida A&M, and Federal City College, serve as the President of the Entomological Society of Washington, and after retiring from her university positions in 1983, work as a senior researcher at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Olivia Foster Rhoades is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program at Harvard & is pursuing a concentration in STS at the Harvard Kennedy School. You can find her on Twitter as @OKFoster.

Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser.

3a8082e126