New Appointments: Tim Beatty, Associate Professor; Quentin Stoeffler, Post-doctoral Fellow
Award: Aaron Smith, AAEA, Quality of Communication Award
Honorary Position: Michael Carter, Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Returns from Leave: Steve Boucher; Pierre Mérel
Retirement: Richard Howitt, 44 years of service
Visitor: Yauhara Shimamura, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Visiting Professor, September 2014-February 2015.
California Polytechnic State University
Award: Christiane Schroeter, California Polytechnic State University, Faculty Fellow
Colorado State University
Appointment Change: James Pritchett, Assistant VP in Office of Engagement
Awards: Dr. Kellie Enns, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, New Teacher Award; Becca Jablonski, Food Distribution Research Society, The Richardson-Applebaum Award; Tyler Cozzens, Colorado State University, Jack L. Smith Scholarship; Michelle Kibler and Janine Stone, Colorado State University, S. Lee Gray Scholarship; Alex Maas, Colorado State University, Dr. Robert A. Young Scholarship; Emily Rudder, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) scholarship
Leave: Dr. Stephan Kroll sabbatical, WZB (Berlin Social Science Center) and PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany), January 1 to May 15, 2015
Cornell University
Awards: David Just, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Applied Research; Miguel Gomez, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Rising Star Faculty Award
University of Delaware
Honorary Position: Titus Awokuse, Nigerian National Agricultural Policy Committee, University of Delaware
University of Idaho
Award: Amy Hilland, AAEA, Outstanding M.S. thesis Award
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Stephen Turi, MS, Analyst, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Retirement: C. Wilson Gray, 34 years of service
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New Appointment: Teresa Serra Devesa, Associate Professor
International Food Policy Research Institute
New Appointments: Lieven Huybregts, Research Fellow; Isabel Lambrecht, Associate Research Fellow
Awards: Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Land and Ecosystems, “Best Outcome Story” award; Nurul Islam, Bangladesh Development Initiative, Lifetime Achievement Award
University of Kentucky
New Appointments: Yuqing Zheng, Assistant Professor; Todd Davis, Assistant Extension Professor
Appointment Change: Alison Davis, Extension Professor
Awards: Ben Collier, 2014 AAEA Outstanding Dissertation Award; Tyler Mark, 2014 AAEA / C-FARE Early Career Leadership Award; Ani Katchova, Economic Research Service, 2014 Bruce Gardner Outstanding Visiting Economist Award
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Vijay Subramaniam, PhD, Assistant Professor, Morehead State University
Honorary Position: Mike Reed, Maejo University, Honorary Ph.D. in Business Administration
University of Maryland
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Eduardo Nakasone, PhD, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University; Pinar Gunes, PhD, Instructor, University of Alberta
Michigan State University
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Helder Zavale, PhD, Assistant Professor, Eduardo Mondlane University; Sara Qanti, MS, Assistant Professor Agriculture, Padjadjaran University; Ty Lawson, MS, Presidential Management Fellow, National Institutes of Health; Alexandra Peralta, PhD, Lecturer, University of Adelaide
Visitor: Jianxin Guo, Research Associate Professor, Institute of Information on Agricultural Science and Technology, Visiting Scholar, 2014-2015
University of Missouri
New Appointment: Jamille Palacois Rivera, Assistant Teaching Professor
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Catharine Weber, MS, Agricultural Economist, SES, Inc.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
New Appointment: Nicholas Brozovic, Associate Professor and Director of Policy for the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Sarah Rehkamp, Agricultural Economist, Food Markets Branch, FED, Economic Research Service, USDA
Retirement: Gary D. Lynne, 19 years of service
New Mexico State University
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Patricia Sanchez, Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, International Settlement Auditor, Miami, Florida; Hector Hernandez, Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, PhD Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois; Pablo D. Mayen, Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, Accounting Analyst, Agri Stats, Inc.; Eduardo Medina, Master of Agriculture with concentration in Agribusiness, Agricultural Mediator, New Mexico State University
North Dakota State University
Award: Dr. Frayne Olson, Association for Communication Excellence, Communicator of the Year
The Ohio State University
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Jason Bienenfeld, Marketing Analyst, Fidelity Investment; Kyle Fluegge, Post Doctoral Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
Visitors: Bao, Lin, Associate Professor, Jiangsu Normal University, P.R China; Cardosa, Leonardo Chaves Borges, Visiting Scholar, Universidade Federal De Parana, PhD Candidate; Kang, Hye-Jung, Associate Professor, Chonnam National University, Korea, August 2014 – July 2015; Tang, Yingmei, Associate Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University; Feng, Zhe, Peking University, Beijing, China
Purdue University
Appointments: Otto Doering, Department of Interior’s Invasive Species Advisory Committee
Awards: Raymond Florax, European Investment Bank , European Prize in Regional Science; Nicole Olynk Widmar, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialists Association, PUCESA Early Career Award; Corinne Alexander, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialists Association, PUCESA Mid Career Award; Jim Mintert, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialists Association, Purdue Extension Director’s Award; Janet Ayres, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialists Association, IACED Rural Development Leadership Award
Sam Houston State University
New Appointments: Jason Franken, Assistant Professor; Shyam Nair, Assistant Professor
Awards: Foy Mills, Jr., Non-land-grant Agricultural and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU), Distinguished Educator Award; Kyle Ferrell, Foy Mills, Jr. and Thomas Sosebee, TBLC, Outstanding Poster- Innovation Track; Kyle Ferrell, NACTA, 2nd place Graduate Student Poster Competition
USDA - Economic Research Service
New Appointments: Seth Wechsler, Economist; Maria Bowman, Economist; Sarah Tulman, Economist; Christopher Burns, Economist; Dan Prager Economist; Elina Tselepidakis, Economist; Megan Sweitzer, Economist; Sarah Rehkamp, Economist
Award: Amy Hilland, AAEA, Outstanding M.S. thesis Award
New Appointment: Nicholas Brozovic, Associate Professor and Director of Policy for the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute
Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Jason Bienenfeld, Marketing Analyst, Fidelity Investment; Kyle Fluegge, Post Doctoral Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
