Visitors: Byeong-il Ahn, Professor, Korea University, Visiting Scholar, one year; Bruno Larue, Professor, Laval University, Visiting Scholar, five months
University of Guelph
New Appointments: Jose Nuno-Ledesma, Assistant Professor; Tongzhe Li, Assistant Professor and Founding Director of the FARE Laboratory for Experimental and Applied Economics (FARELab)
New Appointment: Johan Swinnen, Director General; Ame Cho, Research Analyst; Hnin Ei Win, Research Analyst; Insa Diop, Research Analyst; Khin Zin Win, Research Analyst; Monika Walia, Data Manager; Nandita Srivastava, Research Analyst; Phoo Pye Zone, Research Analyst; Richard Ariong, Research Analyst; Ruben Echeverria, Senior Research Fellow; Than Zaw Oo, Research Analyst; Ying Kham Synt, Research Assistant
Honorary Position: Patrick Ward, Nonresident Fellow, IFPRI, January – December 2020
Award: Shenggen Fan, AAEA, 2020 Fellow
University of Maryland
New Appointment: James M. MacDonald, Research Professor
University of Missouri
New Appointments: Matthew Sveum, Adjunct Assistant Professor; David McGranahan, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Alan Spell, Assistant Extension Professor
Returns from Leave: Laura McCann
The Ohio State University
New Appointment: Anna Parkman, Associate Professor
Visitor: Xiaoxiao Zhang, Renmin University of China, Visiting Scholar, one-year from Oct 2019 – Oct 2020
Purdue University
New appointments: Tor Tolhurst, Assistant Professor; Kajal Gulati, Assistant Professor
Awards: Wally Tyner (posthumous), National Biodiesel Board, 2020 Eye on Biodiesel Pioneer Award; Nicole Olynk-Widmar, Purdue College of Agriculture, 2020 Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Resignations: Michael Gunderson; Luciano Castro
Texas A&M University
Awards: Ed Rister, SAEA, Teaching Award; Alexander Neal Hlavinka, SAEA, Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award; Keith Coble, SAEA, Lifetime Achievement Award; David P. Anderson, SAEA, Extension Program Award; Rebekka M. Dudensing, SAEA, Extension Program Award; Danny A. Klinefelter, SAEA, Extension Program Award; Steven L. Klose, SAEA, Extension Program Award; George M. Knapek, SAEA, Extension Program Award; Joe L. Outlaw, SAEA, Extension Program Award; Marco A. Palma, SAEA, Extension Program Award; John L. Park, SAEA, Extension Program Award; J. Marc Raulston, SAEA, Extension Program Award; Luis A. Ribera, SAEA, Extension Program Award; James W. Richardson, SAEA, Extension Program Award; Samuel D. Zapata, SAEA, Extension Program Award
Retirements: Robert Hogan, 12 Years of Service; Alan Mac Young, 15 Years of Service
Texas Tech University
Award: Ethan Sabala, SAEA, Outstanding M.S. Thesis Award 2020
Virginia Tech
Awards: Olga Isengildina-Massa, Virginia Tech, Excellence in Career Advising; Clint Neill, AAEA, Emerging Scholar Award; Mike Ellerbrock, Virginia Tech, Appointed to the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Service
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Xin Ning, PhD, Post-doctoral researcher, Virginia Tech; Ruoding Shi, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Virginia
Leave: Kurt Stephenson, Resources for the Future, 6 months
Visitor: Jay Shimshack, Associate Professor, University of Virginia, guest lecturer, February 2020