The department is housed in Waters Hall and maintains excellent research facilities with state-of-the-art equipment, a scanning electron microscope, and a research insect collection. The department currently has 46 permanent, residential and adjunct/ancillary faculty, four full-time office staff, about 20 postdoctoral and technical support staff, 29 graduate students, and several other temporary personnel and student employees involved in research.

For information on how to manage insect pest problems try our Entomology Extension web pages that contain links to current topics, publications, newsletters, 4-H and youth programs, and more.

Professor and Department Head.

The Department of Entomology is recruiting a DEPARTMENT HEAD who would be hired as a tenured full professor.  The full position description can be accessed via the link below. 

The job announcement is here. 

For more information, contact  Dorothy Doan (ddoan@ksu.edu)

Departmental Values

The Department of Entomology has an excellent, highly-ranked faculty committed to research, teaching, and extension in diverse contemporary disciplines related to entomological science. Kansas State University is a major research institution which also places high value on its teaching and extension programs.  The university is located in Manhattan, within in the scenic Flinthills Region.  Read More.