William (Bill) Moseley

Background & Expertise

William G. Moseley is DeWitt Wallace Professor of geography and director of the Food, Agriculture and Society Program at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His research focuses on tropical agriculture, food security, environment and development, and Africa. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, as well as 12 books. His research has been funded by the US National Science Foundation, the US Fulbright-Hays Program, and the American Geographical Society. In 2022-23, he was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar, in 2016 he was awarded the Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang Distinguished Scholar Award by the AAG and in 2013 he received the AAG media award. He currently serves as president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) and past president of the Mande Studies Association (MANSA). He previously served as a member of the United Nations High Level Panel of Experts for Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN). His commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and Al Jazeera English.