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Arizona State University

  • New Appointment: Stephen Vickner, Clinical Professor
  • Leaves: Jeff Englin, 2019 – 2020; Carola Grebitus, 2019 – 2020
  • Retirement: David van Fleet, 35 years of service
  • Awards: Timothy J. Richards, AAEA, AJAE Outstanding Article Award 2018; Timothy J. Richards, CAES, CJAE Outstanding Article Award 2018

Auburn University

  • New Appointment: Ryan Thomson, assistant professor
  • Retirement: Patricia Duffy, 34 years of service

University of California, Davis

  • New Appointment: Jamie Hansen-Lewis, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Changes: Kevin Novan, Associate professor; Tina Saitone: Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
  • Awards: Ellen Bruno, AAEA, 2019 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation; Michael Carter and Christopher Barrett, AAEA, 2019 Publication of Enduring Quality Award; Julian Alston and Aaron Smith, AAEA, 2019 Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article Award 
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Yaxi Chen, PhD 2019, Economist, Amazon; Anubhab Gupta, PhD 2019, Postdoctoral research scholar, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis; Jarrett Hart, PhD, Postdoctoral research scholar, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
  • Returns from Leave: Colin Carter; Julian Alston
  • Retirement: Hyunok Lee, 25 years of service

Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo

  • Appointment Changes: Xiaowei Cai, Professor; Michael McCullough, Professor; Richard Volpe, Associate Professor with tenure

Colorado State University

  • New Appointments: Rebecca Cleary, Assistant Professor; Alexandra Hill, Assistant Professor; Dawn Thilmany, Associate Director of CSU Community and Economic Development
  • Appointment Change: Dale Manning, Associate Professor
  • Award: Allison Bauman and Dawn Thilmany McFadden, AAEA's Community Regional Economics Network, George Goldman Award for Excellence in Regional Economic Development
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Aaron Hrozencik, PhD, Research Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS), Conservation and Environment Branch; Nicole Didero, MS, Contracted Economist, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS); Tim Kelley, MS, Public Utilities Economist, New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, Utilities Bureau; Lacey Moore, MS, GIS and Economic Analyst, State of Utah Division of Water Resources, Technical Services
  • Visitor: Hamdy Sayed Abdou Abdelaal, visiting scholar from Egypt, Minia University

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • New Appointment: William Ridley, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Changes: Yilan Xu, Associate Professor; Kathy Baylis, Professor; Sandy Dall’erba, Professor
  • Return from Leave: Nicolas Paulson
  • Retirements: Hayri Onal, 30 years of service
  • Resignations: Todd Kuethe; Mindy Mallory

International Food Policy Research Institute

  • New appointments: Dalia Elsabbagh, Senior Research Assistant; Getsie Immanuel, Research Analyst; Jessica Leight, Research Fellow; Kibrom Abay, Research Fellow; Leocardia Nabwire, Research Analyst; Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah, Senior Research Assistant; Muhammad Saad Moeen, Research Analyst; Nishmeet Singh, Research Analyst; Noormah Rizwan, Research Analyst; Rachel von Gnechten, Research Analyst; Sadat Anowar, Research Analyst; Sattvika Ashok, Research Analyst; Shreya Kapoor, Research Analyst; Yue Zhan, Research Assistant; Zeeshan Haider, Research Analyst
  • Honorary position: John Hoddinott, Nonresident Fellow 
  • Awards: Marie Ruel, American Society of Nutrition, Kellogg Prize for Lifetime Achievements in International Nutrition; Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of the Commons, Elinor Ostrom Award

Kansas State University

  • Awards: Christine Wilson, Kansas State University, 2019 Presidential Award; Christine Wilson, Kansas State University College of Agriculture, 2019 David Mugler Teaching Award; Jason Bergtold, Kansas State University College of Agriculture, 2019 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award; Elizabeth Yeager, Kansas State University, 2019 Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Undergraduate Outstanding Teaching Award

University of Maryland

  • New Appointment: Louis Preonas, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Change: Jorge Holzer, Associate Professor
  • Awards: Jing Cai, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland, Junior Faculty Award; Richard Just, AAEA, Richard Just Appreciation Club; Ken Leonard, Fulbright Award
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Andrew Rosenberg, PhD, USDA Economic Research Service; Jun Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Rennin University, Beijing, China
  • Leave: Ken Leonard, Ghana, August 2019 to May 2020

University of Missouri

  • New Appointments: Seth Meyer, Research Professor and Associate Director, FAPRI; Mallory Rahe, Assistant Extension Professor
  • Awards:  Emma Boase, International Food Marketing Research Symposium, Queensland, Australia, Outstanding Student Paper Award; Jason Entsminger, University of Missouri, Rollins Society
  • Positions Take by Recent Graduates: Emma Boase, MS, Horticultural Regional Career Coordinator, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand; Emma Downing, MS, Analyst, Industry Relations, Dairy Farmers of America; Betsy Smith, MS, Program Manager, Agriculture Future of America
  • Leave: Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, Foresite Healthcare, September 2019–August 2020
  • Retirement: Michael Monson, 33 Years of Service; Judith Stallmann, 17 Years of Service

The Ohio State University

  • New Appointment: Ben Brown, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Change: Tim Haab, Chair of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
  • Awards: David Wolf, AAEA, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award; Wendong Zhang, AAEA, Quality of Communications Award; Jian (Jane) Chen, AAEA, China Section Best Paper Award; Ian Sheldon, AAEA, Fellow
  • Positions Taken By Recent Graduates: Jae-Wan Ahn, PhD, Economist, Economics Research Services, USDA; Kathryn Bender, PhD, Assistant Professor, Alleghany College; Corinne Bocci, PhD, Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph College; Jian Chen, PhD, Senior Marketing Data Analyst, Safe Auto; Wei Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China; Daniel Crown, PhD, Immigration Analyst, US Congressional Budget Office; Nanxin Deng, PhD, Assistant Professor, East China University of Science & Technology; Chris Dunphy, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Will Georgic, PhD, Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College; Timothy Jaquet, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University; Wade Litt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Fort Lewis College; Yun Pu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; Danbee Song, PhD, Associate Research Fellow, Korean Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade; Di Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Zhejiang Gongshang University; Shang Xu, Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China
  • Honorary Positions: Joyce Chen, Chair-Elect, Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics,The Ohio State University; Elena Irwin, AAEA Board of Directors

Purdue University

  • New Appointments: Mindy Mallory, Associate Professor and Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Endowed Chair of Food and Agricultural Marketing; Todd Kuethe, Associate Professor and Schrader Endowed Chair in Farmland Economics; Sung Kim, Clinical Assistant Professor; Joseph Balagtas, associate professor; Carson Reeling, AAEA, Chair of the Land, Water and Environmental Economics Section; Brigitte Waldorf, Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Spatial Economic Analysis. 
  • Awards: Holly Wang, AAEA, Quality of Communication Award 2019; Farzad Taheripour and Wally Tyner, AAEA, Outstanding Choices Article, 2019; Brenna Ellison and Jayson Lusk, AAEA, Outstanding article in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy;  Wally Tyner, AAEA, Fellow 2019; Wally Tyner, USAEE/IAEE, Senior Fellow 2019; Thomas Hertel, AAEA, Distinguished Teaching Award recipient for Graduate Teaching with 10+ Years' Experience
  • Return from Leave: Allan Gray

Texas Tech

  • Awards: Stephen Devadoss, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Outstanding Teacher (Voted by the graduate students); Ethan Sabala, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Outstanding MS Student; Stephen Devadoss, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Outstanding Researcher/graduate advisor (Voted by the graduate students); Maryam Almasifard, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Outstanding PhD Student; Blessing Ugwuanyi, Western Agricultural Economics Association, Outstanding Graduate Paper (Third Prize)

Washington State University

  • New Appointment: Salvador Ortigueira, Associate Professor
  • Appointment Changes: Jill McCluskey, Director and Regents Professor; Jia Yan, Professor; Eric Jessup, Research Professor
  • Awards: Gregmar Galinato, Best Article, JARE, 2019; Tom Marsh, WAEA Fellow, 2019; Tom Marsh, CAHNRS, WSU Faculty Excellence in Research 2019; Jill McCluskey, WAEA Fellow, 2019; Ron Mittelhammer, V. Lane Rawlins WSU Lifetime Service Award, 2019
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Kuan Ju Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Guam; Pak-Sing Choi, PhD, Assistant Professor, National Central University, Taiwan; Kara Grant, PhD Assistant Professor of Economics, Missouri Western State University; Jukwan Lee, PhD, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy; Timothy Nadreau, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Washington State University; Ryne Rohla, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA; Xiaodong (Eric) Lang, PhD, Forensic Economist, Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting; Kiana Yetkansani, PhD, Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Return from Leave: Jia Yan
  • Leaves: Bidisha Mandal and Mike Brady, The Ohio State University, January 2020-August 2020

West Virginia University

  • New Appointments: Suhyun Jung, Assistant Professor; Ana Claudia Sant’ Anna, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Change: Xiaoli Etienne, Associate Professor
  • Positions taken by Recent Graduates: Collin Hodges, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas; Elham Erfanian, PhD, Post-Doctoral position, University of Kentucky