Appointment Change: Christiane Schroeter, Professor
Colorado State University
New Appointment: Mani Rouhi Ran, Postdoctoral fellow
Appointment Changes: Amanda Countryman, Associate Professor; Stephan Kroll, Professor; Greg Graff, Professor
Award: Dawn Thilmany, Western Agricultural Economics Association Fellow 2018
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Anders Van Sandt, PhD, Postdoctoral Extension Associate, Texas A&M; Claire Sheridan, MS, Research & Policy Analyst, Colorado Center on Law and Policy; Patrick Linnell, MS, Cattle Fax, Denver
University of Connecticut
Returns from Leave: Boris Bravo-Ureta
University of Delaware
Award: Josh Duke, University of Delaware, 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award
Economic Research Service – USDA
Award: Marc Ribaudo, NAREA, 2018 Award for Outstanding Public Service
Retirement: Robert Hoppe, 40 years of service
University of Georgia
Awards: Ellen McCullough, AAEA, Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award; Greg Colson, UGA CAES Outstanding Early Career Teaching Award; Levi Russell, Southern Risk Management Education Center, Outstanding Outreach Award; Ben Campbell, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (ARER), Advisor Award
Resignation: Brady Brewer, Joshua Berning
University of Idaho
New Appointment: Patrick Hatzenbuehler, Assistant Professor
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Appointment: Dennis Ochieng, Associate Research Fellow
Awards: Tewodaj Mogues, Foreign Policy Interrupted, FPI Fellowship; Kristin Davis, JIAEE, Distinguished Article of 2017; Xinshen Diao, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics, 2018 Outstanding Alumni Award; Francisco Ceballos, The Geneva Association, 2017 Ernst Meyer Prize; Suresh Babu, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) of India, NAAS Fellow 2018; Howard Bouis, African Development Bank, African Leaders for Nutrition; David Laborde, Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP), Alan Powell Award
Honorary position: Xiaobo Zhang, Board Member, The Board of Directors for the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP); Pramod K. Joshi, Adjunct Professor, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, West Bengal
Visitors: John Hoddinott, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy, Cornell University, May 5-11, 2018; Dirk Willenbockel, Research Fellow,
Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, June 4-13, 2018
University of Kentucky
Appointment Change: Yuqing Zheng, Associate Professor
Awards: Roger Brown, University of Kentucky Outstanding Teaching Award; Tim Woods, Kentucky Association of State Extension Professionals M.D. Whiteker Award for Excellence in Extension
Michigan State University
Visitor: Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, Honorary Doctorate of Agriculture, May 2018
University of Missouri
New Appointments: John Kruse, Associate Extension Professor; Michelle Segovia; Assistant Professor
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Elisavet Levogianni, MS, Research Analyst, ADM Investor Services International Ltd, London
Visitor: Fernando Pellenz, Law Partner, Souto Correa, Porte Alegre, RS, Brazil, Visiting Researcher, April 23-November 30, 2018
The Ohio State University
Positions Taken By Recent Graduates: John Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Loyola University; Julio Acuna Garcia, Assistant Professor, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Danyi Qi, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University; Chang Xu, Sr. Quantitative Analyst, Fifth Third Bank; Feng-An Yang, Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University
Retirement: Stanley Thompson, 28 years of service
Purdue University
New Appointment: Carson Reeling, Assistant Professor
Awards: Ken Foster, Office of the Executive Vice President for Research & Partnerships, Purdue University, President's Fellow for Purdue-Colombia Initiatives; Gerald Shively, AAEA, Distinguished Teaching: Ten or More Years,’ Graduate Experience Award; Gerald Shively, Purdue Policy Research Institute, Purdue University, Excellence in Research Award
Appointment Changes: Kwamena Quagrainie, Clinical Engagement Professor; Michael A Gunderson, Professor; Nicole Olynk Widmar, Professor
Retirements: Philip L Paarlberg, 33 years of service; Carol Wood, 27 years of service; Kim Cook, 40 years of service; Lou Ann Baugh, 37 years of service
Resignation: David Widmar
Texas A&M University
Awards: John Robinson, SAEA, Outstanding Extension Program Award; Joe Outlaw, WAEA, Fellows Award
Appointment Changes: C. Parr Rosson, III, Interim Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension; Mark L. Waller, Acting Department Head, Agricultural Economics
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Erin Hardin, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist, Real Estate, Texas A&M University
Virginia Tech
Awards: Richard Crowder, Virginia Tech Alumni Association, Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence; Jason Grant, Purdue Agricultural Economics, Apex Award; Mary Marchant, Gamma Sigma Delta, Research Award; Gordon Groover, Gamma Sigma Delta, Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Mina Hejazi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chico State University; Tyler Neff, M.S., Commodity Analyst, Smithfield Foods; Muntasir Hasan, Research and Enrollment Analyst, University of Alberta
Return from Leave: Everett Peterson
Retirement: Jim Pease, 30 years of service
Visitor: Rindayuni Triavini, Embassy of Indonesia, Guest Lecturer, April 2018
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
Colorado State University 
