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University of Arizona

  • Appointment Change: Anna Josephson, Associate Professor with Tenure

University of California, Davis

  • New Appointments: Katherine Hauck, Assistant Professor; Erica Van Fleet, Junior Specialist; Abril Rambla Calatayud, Junior Specialist
  • Leaves: Katrina Jessoe, 10/1/24–6/30/25; Steve Boucher, 1/1/25­–6/30/25
  • Visitors: Gopi Munisamy, Distinguished Professor, University of Georgia, Visiting Professor; Bruce Wydick, Professor, University of San Francisco, Visiting Professor

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  • New Appointments: Ryan Goodrich, Clinical Assistant Professor; Diego Cardoso, Assistant Professor; Brittney Goodrich, Assistant Professor; Gal Hochman, Professor
  • Appointment Changes: Mary Arends-Kuenning, Full Professor, and Associate Dean for International Programs, UIUC College of ACES; Angela Lyons, Full Professor
  • Awards: Khashi Ghorbani (Graduate Student), First Place, AAEA Extension Competition; Jonathan Coppess, Associate Professor, Professional Scholarship Award, American Agricultural Law Association for his book Between Soil and Society: Legislative History and Political Development of Farm Bill Conservation Policy; Gary Schnitkey, Professor,Carl Hertz Distinguished Service in Agriculture, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers; Gary Schnitkey, Professor,Gold Plow Award for 20 years Service to Illinois Chapter American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Mayra Saenz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia; Rocío Valdebenito, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chili; Victor Funes-Leal, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas
  • Retirements: Peter D Goldsmith, 25 years of service; Alex Winter-Nelson, 32 years of service

International Food Policy Research Institute

  • New Appointments: Emily Kilonz, Research Officer; Maria DiGiovanni, Research Analyst; Shima Mohamed, Research Analyst; Tarig Alhaj Rakhy, Research Analyst; Lara Cockx, Research Fellow
  • Resignations: Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah; Christophe Kongolo

Purdue University

  • New Appointments: Dr. Nicole Olynk Widmar, Director of MS-MBA Food and Agribusiness Management Program; Trey Malone, Boehlje Chair in Managerial Economics for Agribusiness
  • Appointment Changes: Brenna Ellison, Full Professor; Steven Yu-Ping Wu, Full Professor; Meilin Ma, Associate Professor
  • Awards: Matthew Holt, Purdue College of Agriculture, Distinguished Ag Alumni; Meilin Ma, Carson Reeling, Megan N Hughes, Shalamar Armstrong, Richard Roth, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2023 Outstanding Journal Paper; Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Purdue College of Agriculture, 2024 Lowell S. Hardin Award for Excellence in International Agriculture; Maria Marshall, AAEA, Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award; Michael Langemeier, AAEA, Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award; Trey Malone, AAEA, Outstanding Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (AEPP) Article Award
  • Honorary Positions: Uris Baldos, National Nature Assessment (NNA1) Author, U.S. Global Change Research Program