Presidential Recognition Award for Special Service to the Association
Spiro Stefanou, Pennsylvania State University.
Outstanding Master's Thesis Awards
William Allender, "Brand Loyalty and Equilibrium Promotion Strategies," Arizona State University. Thesis Advisor: Timothy Richards
Honorable Mention: Jude Bayham, "A General Equilibrium Analysis of Biofuel Market Policies," University of Idaho. Thesis Advisor: Stephen Devadoss
Honorable Mention: Christopher Rue, "Area Yield Crop Insurance Reconsidered (Again): An Empirical Analysis of Demand for Area Yield Insurance for Rice Farmers in Peru," University of California, Davis. Thesis Advisor: Stephen Boucher
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards
Kelly Cobourn, "Incentives for Individual and Cooperative Management of a Mobile Pest: An Application to the Olive Fruit Fly in California," University of California, Davis. Thesis Advisors: Rachael Goodhue and Jeffrey Williams
Honorable Mention: Sommarat Chantarat, "Proâ€Poor Risk Management: Essays on the Economics of Indexâ€based Risk Transfer Products," Cornell University. Thesis Advisors: Christopher B. Barrett and Calum Turvey
Honorable Mention: Gregory Colson, "Improving Nutrient Content through Genetic Modification: Evidence from Experimental Auctions on Consumer Acceptance and Willingness-to-Pay for Intragenic Foods," Iowa State University. Thesis Advisor: Wallace Huffman
Honorable Mention: Beat Hintermann, "Pricing Carbon: Allowance Price Determination in the EU ETS," University of Maryland. Thesis Advisor: Andreas Lange
Distinguished Teaching Awards
Less Than Ten Years' Experience: Hayley Chouinard, Washington State University
Undergraduate Teaching, Ten or More Years' Experience: Kerry K. Litzenberg, Texas A&M University
Graduate Teaching, Ten or More Years' Experience: Shida Henneberry, Oklahoma State University
Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Awards
Individual, Less Than Ten Years' Experience: Maria Marshall, Purdue University
Individual, Ten or More Years' Experience: John Lawrence, Iowa State University
Group: Steven Klose, Joe Outlaw, Greg Kaase, Natalie Outlaw, DeDe Jones, Jay Yates, Patrick Warminski, Jeff Pate Wade Polk, Mac Young, Jonathan Baros, and Candice Foster, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University System; "Financial and Risk Management (FARM) Assistance"
Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis
Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide
Quality of Communication Award
David J. Spielman and Rajul Pandya-Lorch, International Food Policy Research Institute; Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development
Quality of Research Discovery Award
James N. Sanchirico and James E. Wilen, University of California, Davis and Martin D. Smith, Duke University; "The Economics of Spatial-dynamic Processes: Application to Renewable Resources." JEEM (January 2009) 57(1): 104-121
Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article Award
David R. Just, Cornell University and Travis J. Lybbert, University of California, Davis; "Risk Averters that Love Risk? Marginal Risk Aversion in Comparison to a Reference Gamble." American Journal of Agricultural Economics (August 2009) 91(3): 612-626
Honorable Mention: Timothy J. Richards and Luis Padilla, Arizona State University; "Promotion and Fast Food Demand." American Journal of Agricultural Economics (February 2009) 91(1) : 168–183.
Outstanding Review of Agricultural Economics Article Award
Jutta Roosen, Technische Universität München, Germany; Stéphan Marette, Sandrine Blanchemanche, and Phiippe Verger, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA); "Does Health Information Matter for Modifying Consumption? A Field Experiment Measuring the Impact of Risk Information on Fish Consumption." Review of Agricultural Economics (Spring 2009) 31(1): 2–20.
Erik Lichtenberg, University of Maryland and David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley; "The Econometrics of Damage Control: Why Specification Matters." American Journal of Agricultural Economics (May 1986) 68(2): 261–273
Eagle Award
Curtis F. Lard, Texas A&M University
Chester O. McCorkle, Jr. Student Scholarship
Brian Dillon, Cornell University
AAEA/AARES Young Professionals Exchange Program—Heading North Award Winner
Bronwyn Crowe, University of Western Australia
Graduate/Undergraduate Student Competitions
Graduate Student Case Study Competition
First Place: Kansas State University—Yue Zheng, Shonda Anderson, and Sandra Contreras Gomez
Second Place: Kansas State University—Graciela Andrango, Elizabeth Canales, and Jaeljattin Jaen
Third Place: University of Georgia—J. Wesley Burnett, M. Clarisse Ferrer, and Douglas Patton
Graduate Student Extension Competition
First Place: Gretchen Nurse, Colorado State University
Second Place: Lee Schultz, Kansas State University
Third Place: Mallory Vestal, Oklahoma State University
Outstanding Undergraduate Paper Awards
First Place: Haicong Lei, University of Alberta
Second Place: Johnna Rushin, Oklahoma State University
Third Place: Sadie Hoffman, Angelo State University
Academic Bowl Awards
First Place: University of Florida, Orange Team—John Lai, Stephen Morgan, and Jerrod Penn
Second Place: University of Florida, Blue Team—Celeste Sununtnasuk, Lane Register, and Felipe Martinez
Third Place: Texas A&M University, White Team—Matt Okeson, Anna Lee Allcorn, and Wilson Alarcon
Outstanding Chapter Award
Iowa State University, Advisors: William Edwards and Ron Deiter
Creative Club Award
Iowa State University, Advisors: William Edwards and Ron Deiter