# Joyce Bell

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joyce_Bell
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joyce_Bell.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Bell
> Source revision: 1330337556
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Joyce Elaine Rockenbach Bell** (born c. 1927) is an American nursing teacher and entomologist. She worked on [insect taxonomy](/source/Insect_taxonomy) at the [University of Vermont](/source/University_of_Vermont), together with her husband [Ross Bell](/source/Ross_Bell) (1929–2019). The pair described more than 75% of the [rhysodine](/source/Rhysodinae) species known to science.[1]

## Life

Joyce Elaine Rockenbach grew up in [Whitestone, Queens](/source/Whitestone,_Queens), [New York City](/source/New_York_City). Her grandfather apparently told her that "a woman can teach or be a nurse". She gained a B.S. at [Queens College](/source/Queens_College) and spent eight years as a research assistant at the [Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons](/source/Columbia_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons) before coming to the [University of Vermont](/source/University_of_Vermont) to do a Master's. She taught in the UVM School of Nursing for ten years.[1]

In 1957 Joyce Rochenbach married the University of Vermont entomologist Ross Bell. They increasingly collaborated on entomological taxonomy, with Joyce specializing in [microscopy](/source/Microscopy) and [illustration](/source/Illustration). In the 1960s the pair began an active program to document the arthropod fauna of [Vermont](/source/Vermont). Their work built the UVM Entomological Collection into a significant resource for Northern New England. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ross and Joyce extended the boundaries for their entomological work beyond Vermont, stretching as far as [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) and [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea).[1]

The pair continued to study entomology after retiring from the University of Vermont. In 2019 Ross Bell died in [Shelburne, Vermont](/source/Shelburne,_Vermont).[2]

## Recognition

An issue of *[ZooKeys](/source/ZooKeys)* was published as a [Festschrift](/source/Festschrift) for Ross and Joyce Bell, following a meeting of coleopterists held in celebration of their work and of Ross's 80th birthday.[3]

The [Coleopterists Society](/source/Coleopterists_Society) offers an annual Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant for "an outstanding proposal for beetle research whose work would otherwise not be funded", favouring taxonomy or systematics.[4]

## See also

- [Ross Bell](/source/Ross_Bell) (where some of their joint publications are listed)

## References

1. Spence, John R.; Ball, George E.; Davidson, Robert L.; Rykken, Jessica J. (2011-11-16). "'Bellography': Life and Contributions of Ross and Joyce Bell, two New England Naturalists". *ZooKeys*. '***(147): 3–13. [Bibcode:2011ZooK..147....3S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ZooK..147....3S). [doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.1999](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.147.1999). [ISSN 1313-2989](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1313-2989). [PMC 3286264](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3286264). [PMID 22371660](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22371660)***

1. ["Ross Taylor Bell Obituary (1929 - 2019) the Burlington Free Press"](https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/obituary.aspx?n=ross-taylor-bell&pid=194511901). *[Legacy.com](/source/Legacy.com)*

1. Davidson, Robert L. (2011). ["Preface"](https://zenodo.org/records/577435/files/ZK_article_2979.pdf). *[ZooKeys](/source/ZooKeys)*. '***(147): 1–2. [Bibcode:2011ZooK..147....1D](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ZooK..147....1D). [doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2118](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.147.2118)******["\[Table of contents\]"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/issues/205920/).*[ZooKeys](/source/ZooKeys)*. '*** (147). 2011.

1. ["Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant"](https://www.coleopsoc.org/society-info/prizes-and-awards/ross-taylor-bell-and-joyce-rockenbach-bell-research-grant/). *The Coleopterists Society*. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Joyce Bell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Bell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Bell?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.