People Section
Arizona State University
- New appointment: Justin Bina, Assistant Professor
- Appointment change: Carola Grebitus, Full Professor
- Resignation: Alexis Villacis
Florida A&M University
- Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Crenel Francis Jr., M.S. Associate Director of Diversity Initiatives, Daniels School of Business, Purdue University
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; Angela Lyons, Full Professor
- Award: Khashi Ghorbani (Graduate Student), First Place, AAEA Extension Competition
- Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Mayra Saenz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia; Rocío Valdebenito, PhD,Assistant Professor, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chili; Victor Funes-Leal, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Arkansas
- Retirement: Alex Winter-Nelson, 32 years
International Food Policy Research Institute
- New Appointments: May Wang, Research Assistant; Melkamu Tadesse, Research Officer; Moogdho Mahzab, Associate Research Fellow; Reza Nia, Senior Research Analyst; Jasmine Jiang, Research Analyst; Sonjida Simi, Research Analyst; Sabyasachi Puhan, Research Analyst; Bhumika Mishra, Research Analyst; Ruth Hill, Unit Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions; Kemit Price, Senior Program Manager; Surender Reddymalla, Coordinator, Seed System; Sydney Honeycutt, Research Analyst I; Antonate Owuor, Research Officer; Steven Were Omamo, Unit Director, Development Strategies and Governance
- Resignations: Shreya Kapoor; Patty Arce; Benjamin Tshibang; Prianjay Tiwari; Sonali Katoch; Greg Seymour; Anindya Tomar; Junyan Tian; Parthu Kalva; Abdullahi Idris; Alaa Mazloum; Mohamed Khalafallah Ali; Yumna Kassim; Carmen Ruiz; Cyril Inegbedion; Hadiza Abubakar; Abubakar Inuwa; Md. Masum Ali; Himanshu Pathak; Luciana Delgado; Subhransu Pattnaik; Taoyi Sun; Emmanuel Hami; Nicostrato Perez; Shweta Yadav; Aminu Abubakar; Rui Mao; Jenny Walton
- Visitors: Samuel-Jacob Lovat, Sep 23-Oct 11; Dr. Bjorn Vollan, Sep 30-Oct 3
- Award: Anjani Kumar, Confederation of Horticultural Association of India, Lokniti-Kautilya Award
University of Kentucky
- New Appointments: Thomas Keene, Assistant Professor; Aslihan D. Spaulding, Chair & Professor
University of Missouri
- Retirement: Laura McCann, 23 years of service
- New appointment, Jason Franken, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics and MFA Chair in Agribusiness
University of Rhode Island
- Appointment Change: Pengfei Liu, Associate Professor
- Award: Emi Uchida, Pew Charitable Trusts, Pew Marine Fellow 2024
- Honorary Position: Dafna Disegni, Visiting Scholar, August 2024-July 2025
- Leave: Hirotsugu Uchida, University of Rhode Island, July 2024-June 2025
Texas Tech University
- Awards: Stephen Devadoss, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2024 Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Stephen Devadoss, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, 2024 Best Paper for Policy Analysis and Managerial Relevance; Nathan Holtman, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2024 Graduate Student Paper Competition (First Prize)
Virginia Tech
- Appointment Change: Mary Marchant, Professor Emerita