Emilio Federico Moran

John A. Hannah Distinguished Professors College of Social Science

• John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor

• Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences

Bio

Emilio Federico Moran, professor of global change science, is a social anthropologist who has studied and published in the areas of tropical agriculture, social science, ecology, economics, and earth observations from satellites.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature from Spring Hill College, followed by a master’s degree in Latin American History from University of Florida.

He pursued certificates in Latin American studies, economics, ecology, and tropical agriculture before earning his PhD in social anthropology from the University of Florida.

Before officially joining MSU’s Department of Geography in 2013, he delivered the Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture “Rethinking Human-Environment Interactions” and received an honorary degree from MSU. He was also named the university’s 11th member of the National Academy of Sciences.