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Alabama A&M University

  • Honorary Position: Duncan M. Chembezi, USDA Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers through 2022, Small Farms Research Center, Alabama A&M University

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

  • Appointment Change: Sean Hurley, Interim Department Head

University of Connecticut

  • New Appointments: Kimberly Rollins, Department Head and Cristina Connolly, Assistant Professor
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Jeremy Jelliffe, Ph.D., Agricultural Economist, USDA; Thomas Krumel, Ph.D., Agricultural Economist, USDA; Timothy Murray, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Virginia Military Institute; Anwesha Chakraborti, Postdoc Researcher, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
  • Retirement: Robert Pomeroy, 18 years of service
  • Visitors: Saiwei Li, Visiting Graduate Student, China Agricultural University, October 1, 2019-October 1, 2020; Won iL Kim, Director General of the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency,  Republic of Korea, December 30, 2019-December 29, 2020

University of Guelph

  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Yong Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

International Food Policy Research Institute

  • New appointments: A Myintzu, Research Analyst; Abdallah Cisse, Research Analyst; Hongdi Zhao, Research Analyst
  • Award: Johan Swinnen, European Association of Agricultural Economists, Book of the Year 2019

Kansas State University

  • New Appointments: Logan Britton, Assistant Professor; Jennifer Ifft, Associate Professor
  • Awards: Edward Perry, AAEA, Quality of Research Discovery Award, 2020; Nelson Villoria, AAEA, Quality of Research Discovery Award (Honorable Mention), 2020

University of Maryland

  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Tihitina Andarge, Ph.D., Post-Doc Research Associate, University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Missouri

  • Appointment Change: Corinne Valdivia, Interim Co-Director, Cambio Center
  • Awards: Michael L. Cook, Academy of Management 2020 Annual Meeting, Best Paper Strategy Division; Melody Muldrow, CAFNR, George Washington Carver Fellowship

Purdue University

  • Appointment Change: Maria I Marshall, Jim and Lois Ackerman Professor in Agricultural Economics
  • Awards: Craig Dobbins, National FFA, VIP Citation; Michael Langemeier, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), Gold Quill award; Ashraf Noumir, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), Gold Quill award; Jayson L. Lusk, Purdue University, Lu Ann Aday Award; Maria Marshall, AAEA, Distinguished Extension/ Outreach Program Award: Individual More 10 Years’ Experience; Larry DeBoer, AAEA, Distinguished Teaching Award: Undergraduate Teaching: Ten or More Years’ Experience; Farzad Taheripour, AAEA, Quality of Communication Award; Thomas Hertel, AAEA, Quality of Communication Award
  • Retirement: Chris Hurt, 39 years of service

Texas A&M University

  • Award: Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, Greg Kasse, Emmy Kiphen, 2020 Outstanding Extension Program Award, Western Agricultural Economics Association
  • Retirements: Jackie Smith, 36 years; Bill Thompson, 19 years; Jeff Pate, 15 years
  • Appointment Changes: Senarath Dharmasena, Instructional Associate Professor; Dean McCorkle,  Senior Extension Program Specialist; Diana Jones, Senior Extension Program Specialist; Emmy Kiphen,  Extension Program Specialist II

Virginia Tech

  • New Appointment: Anubhab Gupta, Assistant Professor
  • Award: Conaway Haskins, Virginia Cooperative Extension, William Skelton Cooperative Extension Scholarship
  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Alexis Villacis-Aveiga, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
  • Return from Leave: Kurt Stephenson
  • Retirement: George Norton, 40 years of service
  • Resignation: Kim Morgan
  • Visitors: Jing Cai, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Guest Lecturer (Virtual), September 2020; Meilin Ma, Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Guest Lecturer (Virtual), September 2020