New Appointments: Daniel Scheitrum, Assistant Professor; Na Zuo, Assistant Professor of Practice
Award: Na Zuo, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Graduate Student Teaching Award
University of California, Davis
Awards: Julian Alston, 2017 AAEA Annual Meeting, Distinguished Professor, Fellows address; Michael Carter, School of Economics of the University of Cape Town, Honorary Professor; Diane Charlton and Ed Taylor, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Quality of Research Discovery Award (Honorable Mention); Julian Alston, Joanna P. MacEwan, and Abigail M. Okrent, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Outstanding Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy Article Award; Julian Alston, Joanna P. MacEwan, and Abigail M. Okrent, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Food Safety & Nutrition Section’s Award for Best Paper in 2016; John Bovay and Julian Alston, WAEA, Award for best article in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Christopher Gustafson, Travis Lybbert and Dan Sumner, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Best Article in Agricultural Economics 2016; Christian Lovell, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Anthony Grano Scholarship; Irvin Rojas, University of California, Davis, Graduate Student Travel Award
Honorary Position: Christiane Schroeter, Chair-Elect, AAEA-FAMPS, August 2017-August 2018
Award: Jeta Rudi (with Metin Cakir, University of Minnesota), Outstanding Published Research Paper, AAEA-FAMPS
Colorado State University
New appointments: Jude Bayham, Assistant Professor; Dan Mooney, Assistant Professor; Hayley Chouinard, Department Head
Awards: Stephen Koontz, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2017 Outstanding Extension Program Award for Career; Wilson Sinclair, Western Agricultural Economics Association, placed second in 2017 Graduate Student Paper Competition; Dawn Thilmany McFadden (team leader), Becca Jablonski, Becky Hill, & Allie Bauman, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, 2017 Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Honorable Mention; Ellie Nassz, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, 2017 winner of Graduate Student Extension Competition
Positions taken by recent graduates: Jason Holderieath, PhD, Assistant Professor, Agribusiness Louisiana Tech University; Jenny Apriesnig, PhD, Post Doc, Arizona State University; Alex Maas, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow; Aaisha Al Maamari, MS, Teacher of Natural Resources, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Resignations: Joleen Hadrich
Cornell University
New Appointment: C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, Rob Dyson Sesquicentennial Chair of Resource Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New Appointments: Ben Gramig, Associate Professor; Michel Robe, Associate Professor; Craig Lemoine, Director, Financial Planning Program
Appointment Change: Peter Goldsmith, Professor
Awards: Phil Garcia, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, 2017 Fellow; Barrett Kirwan, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Quality of Research Discovery Award
Leaves: Peter Goldsmith, August 2017- May 2018; Hayri Onal, August 2017-January 2018
Retirements: Darrel Good, 41 years of service
Resignations: Barrett Kirwan
Kansas State University
Appointment Changes: Jason Bergtold, Professor; Mykel Taylor, Associate Professor; Siny Joseph, Associate Professor
Award: Jeff Williams, Kansas State University, David Mugler Award
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Melissa McKendree, PhD, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Retirements: Bryan Schurle, 40 years of service
University of Maryland
Appointment Change: Pamela Jakiela, Associate Professor
Return from Leave: Richard E. Just
Visitor: ​Stefan Wimmer, PhD Student, Technical University of Munich, Visiting Scholar, August 2017- September 2017​
University of Missouri
Award: Harvey James, University of Missouri, Pacheco Leadership Development Program
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Kateryna Schroeder, PhD, Agricultural Economist, World Bank
Mississippi State University
New Appointments: Andrew Stevens, Assistant Professor; Eunchun Park, Assistant Professor; Seong Yun, Assistant Professor; McKenzie Maples, Instructor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Awards: Konstantinos Giannakas and Murray Fulton, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, Publication of Enduring Quality Award; Christopher Gustafson, Travis Lybbert, and Dan Sumner, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Best article in Agricultural Economics; Brad Lubben, National Association of Agricultural Economics Administrators, 2017 NAAEA Early Career Professional Award
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Stamatina Kotsakou, MS, PhD Program at the University of California, Davis; Nadeeka Weerasekara, MS, PhD Program at Oregon State University
The Ohio State University
New Appointments: Lawson Connor, Post Doctoral Researcher in Agribusiness; Ana Claudia Sant’Anna, Post Doctoral Researcher in Agribusiness
Positions Taken By Recent Graduates: Richard A. Gallenstein, PhD, Assistant Professor, Catholic University of America; Khushbu K. Mishra, PhD, Assistant Professor, Stetson University
Purdue University
New Appointment: Jayson Lusk, Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics
Awards; Jayson Lusk, Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA), 2017 Fellow; Michael Gunderson, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, NACTA John Deere Award; Brigitte Waldorf, Review of Regional Research, Editorial Board, 2017 to 2021
Resignations: Benjamin Gramig
Visitors: Luciano Castro, Professor of Agribusiness, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Visiting Professor, Center for Food and Agricultural Business; Sara Pinho, Master’s student, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil, working with Dr. Kwamena Quagrainie
University of Rhode Island
Appointment Changes: Corey Lang, Associate Professor; Tom Sproul, Associate Professor
Returns from Leave: Hiro Uchida
Sam Houston State University
Appointment Change: L.A. Wolfskill, Associate Professor with tenure
Awards: Shyam S. Nair, NACTA Educator Award; Foy D. Mills, Jr., Sam Houston State University College of Science and Engineering Technology Faculty Excellence in Teaching award
Texas A&M University
Awards: Rebekka Dudensing, Southern Rural Development Center, Bonnie Teater Award; Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Panhandle District, Team Teaching Award and Visionary Leadership Award; Vicky Salin, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, 2017 IFAMA Fellow Award; Reid Stevens, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Honorable Mention for the Quality of Communications Award
Retirement: Danny Klinefelter, 38 Years of Service
Texas Tech University
Awards: Darren Hudson, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Outstanding Professor, 2017
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Luis Sandoval Mejia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Zamorano University, Honduras
Virginia Tech
New Appointments: Matthew Holt, Professor and Department Head; Susan Chen, Associate Professor
Award: George Davis, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Quality of Communication Award
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Bret Hathaway, MS, Sr. Commodities Procurement Specialist, Pinnacle Foods; Sarah McKay, MS, Market Development Manager, National Corn Growers Association