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Auburn University

  • New appointments: Adam Rabinowitz, Assistant Professor; Wenying Li, Assistant Professor; Wendiam Sawadgo, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Change: Ruiqing Miao, Associate Professor with tenure
  • Retirement: Henry Kinnucan, 38 years of service

University of California, Davis

  • Awards: Alexandra Hill, AAEA, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award; Emma Gjerdseth, AAEA, Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award- Honorable Mention 
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Jesus Arellano Gonzalez, Ph.D., Research Economist, Banco de Mexico; Tomoe Bourdier, Ph.D., Economics Research Fellow, French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD); Pierce Donovan, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, Colgate University; Kevin Nakolan, Ph.D., Operations Research Analyst, Energy Information Administration (EIA); Matthew Gammans, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University; Kajal Gulati, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University; Andrew Hobbs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco; Mengxin Ji, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Facebook; Xuemei Li, Ph.D., Data Scientist II, Udemy; Kevin Nakolan, Ph.D., Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Energy; Daniel Putman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Innovations for Poverty Action; Tor Tolhurst, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
  • Leave:  Jens Hilscher, Humboldt University, Berlin, 10/1/2020 to 6/30/2021
  • Retirement: Julie McNamara, Communications Director, Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, 25 years of service 

University of Idaho

  • Positions taken by recent graduates: Koroles Awad, MS Applied Economics, PhD student Washington State University; Samjhana Koirala, MS Applied Economics, PhD student University of Connecticut; Roshan Puri, MS Applied Economics, PhD student, Virginia Tech; Guang Tian, MS Applied Economics, PhD student, University of Wisconsin – Maddison; Henry Wilson, MS Applied Economics, Analyst, Economics Modeling Specialists, International

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • New Appointments: Catalina Hererra Almanza, Assistant Professor; Shadi Atallah, Associate Professor; Joseph Janzen, Assistant Professor; Sarah Janzen, Assistant Professor; Jared Hutchins, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Changes: Hope Michelson, Associate Professor; Paul McNamara, Professor

International Food Policy Research Institute

  • New appointment: Basma Yassa, Senior Research Assistant; Cornelia van Zyl, Senior Technical and Policy Advisor; Mengying Wang, Research Analyst; Sherwin Gabriel, Scientist; Subhransu Pattnaik, Research Analyst; Amy William, Research Assistant
  • Honorary position: Johan Swinnen, member of the Champions 12.3 Leadership Group to Reduce Food Loss and Waste (SDG Target 12.3); Anjani Kumar, member in “Committee on Agricultural Issues for India’s G-20 Presidency in 2022 and BRICS-2021”, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India

University of Kentucky

  • New Appointments: Shuoli Zhao, Assistant Professor; Nicholas Pates, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Changes: Yoko Kusunose, Associate Professor; Jordan Shockley, Associate Professor

University of Maryland

  • New Appointment: Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Visiting Associate Professor
  • Award: Lars Olson, winner of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' Dean Gordon Cairns Award for Distinguished Creative Work and Teaching in Agriculture
  • Honorary Position: Anna Alberini, inducted as Fellow into EAERE (European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists)

Michigan State University

  • New Appointment: Matthew Gammans, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Changes: Simone Valle de Souza, Assistant Professor; Justin George Kappiaruparampil, Assistant Professor
  • Retirements: Jim Hilker, 38 years; Lindon Robison, 43 years; Joseph Herriges, 6 years
  • Awards: David Ortega, Michigan State University, John K. Hudzik Emerging Leader in Advancing International Studies and Programs award; Scott Swinton, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, 2020 Fellow

Mississippi State University

  • New Appointments: George William Davis, Assistant Professor and Ayoung Kim, Assistant Professor
  • Appointment Change: Alba J. Collart, Associate Extension Professor

University of Missouri

  • New Appointments: Abby Meffert, Senior Research Associate, FAPRI; Marc Rosenbohm, Senior Research Associate, FAPRI
  • Award: Ray Massey, University of Missouri, C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship
  • Positions taken by Recent Graduates: Hao Cheng, PhD, Assistant Professor, Wenlan Business School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China; Austin D. Sanders, MS, Economist—Rural Economy Branch, USDA Economic Research Service, Kansas City; Byung Min Soon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chungnam National University, South Korea

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Appointment Changes: Jay Parsons, Full Professor with Tenure; Lia Nogueira, Associate Professor with Tenure
  • Awards: Kathleen Brooks, 2020 WAEA Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, Less than 10 years; Lilyan Fulginiti, 2020 AAEA Distinguished Teaching Award with Ten or More Years’ Graduate Teaching; Matthew Stockton, Daran Rudnick, Chuck Burr, Robert Tigner, AAEA Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award: Group
  • Resignation: Gregory McKee

The Ohio State University

  • Position taken by recent graduate: Meng-Fen Yen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 
  • Return from leave: Mario Miranda