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University of California, Davis

  • Awards: Julian M. Alston and Abigail M. Okrent, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Quality of Research Discovery Award; Katrina Jessoe, University of California, Davis, 2018 Chancellor’s Fellow; Tina Saitone, University of California, Davis, 2018 Academic Federation Award for Excellence in Research; James E. Wilen and James Eales, the Journal of Marine Resource Economics, Publication of Enduring Significance Award; Oscar Barriga Cabanillas, University of California, Davis, Miguel Velez Fellowship for Spring 2018; Xiaomeng Cui, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2018 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad; K. Aleks Schaefer, University of California, Davis, Best Dissertation & Gordon A. King Award; Matthieu Stigler, University of California, Davis, 2018-19 Provost’s Dissertation Year Fellowship in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Pablo Valdes-Donoso, University of California, Davis, Best MS Thesis
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Ellen Bruno, PhD, Assistant Specialist in Cooperative
    Extension, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Huang Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Xiamen University Chow Center WISE and School of Economics, China; Xiomeng Cui, PhD, Assistant Professor, Jinan University Institute for Economic and Social Research, Guangzhou, China; Meilin Ma, PhD, Assistant Professor, Purdue University Department of Agricultural Economics; Ruben Irvin Rojas Valdes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico City, Mexico; Heidi Schweizer, PhD, Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Visitor: Carlo Russo, University of Cassino, Italy, visitor, Spring Quarter

University of Guelph

  • Awards: Kate Jones, Lisa Wong and Brianne Chan, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, first, second and third places, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society; Kate Jones, second,  student post competition, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society

Kansas State University

  • New Appointments: Joe Janzen, Assistant Professor; Sarah Janzen, Assistant Professor
  • Award: Gregory Doud, Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics, 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award
  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Nicolas Quintana Ashwell, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wyoming
  • Retirement: David Lambert, 9 years of service

University of Maryland

  • Visitor: Chongshang Zhang, PhD candidate, Renmin University of China, Visiting Scholar, March 2018-December 2018

Michigan State University

  • Awards: Thomas Reardon, British Academy, Visiting Fellowships Program; David Ortega, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Emerging Scholar Award

University of Missouri

  • Appointment Change: D. Scott Brown, Director of Strategic Partnerships, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
  • Awards: Jill Findeis, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, ARER Fellow; Harvey S. James, CAFNR, Golden Apple for Outstanding Teaching and Advising; Harvey S. James, CAFNR, Outstanding Teacher, Senior Career; Laura McCann, CAFNR, Outstanding Advisor for Graduate Advising
  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Srini Konduru, PhD, Chair of the Agribusiness Management Department at Cal State-Fresno

The Ohio State University

  • Awards: Ani Katchova, AEDE, Serving as United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Review Panel Chair; Carl Zulauf, Emeritus, The Ohio State University, 2018 CFAES Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Positions Taken By Recent Graduates: Nicholas Irwin, Postdoctoral Researcher, Assistant professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas; David Wolf, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire

Purdue University

  • Awards: Allan Gray, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, 2018-19 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant;  Paul Preckel, Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence, 2018; Otto Doering, Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence, 2018
  • New Appointments: Meilin Ma, Assistant Professor; Michael Gunderson, Director of Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business
  • Appointment Change: Allan Gray, Executive Director of Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business
  • Visitor: Keith Coble, Giles Distinguished Professor and Head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Mississippi State University, Purdue University, Snyder Memorial Guest Lecturer, April 13, 2018

Virginia Tech

  • Awards: Richard Crowder, Virginia Agribusiness Council, Alvin W. Blaha Distinguished Service Award 2018; Mike Ellerbrock, Virginia Tech Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, March 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Honorary Position: Kevin Boyle, Inductee to Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership, Virginia Tech
  • Leave: Everett Peterson, Purdue University, January-June 2018
  • Visitors: Tadashi Sonoda, Professor, Nagoya University, Visiting Research Collaborator, March 2018; Jesse Tack, Associate Professor, Kansas State University, Guest Lecturer, March 2018; Jakina Debnam, PhD Candidate, Cornell University, Guest Lecturer, February 2018; Alan Ker, Professor, University of Guelph, Guest Lecturer, March 2018

Washington State University

  • Appointment Changes: Michael Brady, Associate Professor with tenure; Pat Kuzyk, Clinical Associate Professor 
  • Awards: Karina Gallardo, Washington State University, Early Career Excellence in Extension; Jill McCluskey,  Washington State University, Samuel Smith Award for Leadership, Association for Faculty Women; Ron Mittelhammer,  Washington State University, Alumni Achievement Award
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Matt Birch, PhD, Assistant Professor, Texas Lutheran University; Nate Delay, PhD, Assistant Professor, Purdue University; Zhuang Hao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Beihang University, Beijing; Yeon A. Hong, PhD, Research Fellow, Korea Rural Economic Institute; Kiriti Khanjilal, PhD Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi; Rui Luo, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of International Business and Economics; Alisher Mamadzhanov, PhD, Environmental Affairs Officer, United Nations; Jiehong Qui, PhD, Co-founder of Bayes Data Intelligence; Xinlong Tan, PhD, Chief Data Officer, Bayes Data Intelligence; Xangrui Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor at Renmin University, China; Haowei Yu, Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
  • Retirement: Phil Wandschneider, 39 years of service
  • Honorary Position: Jill McCluskey, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine