2026 AAEA Annual Award Winners
*Indicates a Honorable Mention
| Outstanding Master's Thesis Award | Jenna Schaefer |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Parker Vulgamore | Kansas State University | |
| Sampada Wagle | Purdue University | |
| Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award | Abdoulaye Cisse |
University of California, Berkeley |
| Michael Meneses | Cornell University | |
| Frederik Strabo | University of California, Davis | |
| Distinguished Teaching Award - 9 or less years -Undergraduate |
Logan Britton |
Kansas State University |
| Honorable Mention | *Xumin Zhang | University of Florida |
| Distinguished Teaching Award - 10 or more years -Undergraduate |
Julianne Treme |
North Carolina State University |
| Distinguished Teaching Award - 10 or more years -Graduate |
Abdoul G. Sam |
The Ohio State University |
| Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award - Less than 10 years experience |
Trey Malone |
Purdue University |
| Honorable Mention | *Joshua Maples | Mississippi State University |
| Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award - 10 or more years experience |
Rebecca Epanchin-Niell | University of Maryland College Park |
| Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award - Group |
Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Team: Michael Langemeier, Joana Colussi, James Mintert, Chad Fiechter |
Purdue University |
| Bruce Gardner Award |
NDSU Agricultural Trade Monitor: Shawn Arita, Sandro Steinbach, Rwit Chakravorty, Matthew Gammans, Jiyeon Kim, Wuit Yi Lwin, Ming Wang, Xiting Zhuang | North Dakota State University |
| Quality of Research Discovery Award | Erin Lentz |
University of Texas, Austin |
| Kathy Baylis | University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| Hope Michelson | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
| Chungmann Kim | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
| Quality of communication Award | Johan Swinnen |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Ariel Ortiz-Bobea | Cornell University | |
| Honorable Mention | *Richard J. Sexton | University of California, Davis |
| Publication of Enduring Quality Award | Christopher Barrett |
Cornell University |
| Thomas Reardon | Michigan State University | |
| Patrick Webb | Tufts University | |
| AAEA Mentoring Award | Bruce A. McCarl | Texas A&M University |
| Outstanding AJAE Article Award | Andrew B. Rosenberg |
USDA—Economic Research Services |
| Bryan Pratt | USDA—Economic Research Services | |
| Daniel Szmurlo | USDA—Economic Research Services | |
| Outstanding AJAE Reviewer Award | Charlotte Ambrozek |
University of Minnesota |
| Matthew Gammans |
North Dakota State University | |
| Anna Josephson | University of Arizona | |
| Marin Skidmore | University of Illinois | |
| Outstanding AEPP Article Award | Ujjwol Paudel |
Texas Tech University |
| Timothy J. Richards | Arizona State University | |
| Honorable Mention |
*Diane E. Charlton *Amanda M. Countryman *Dale T. Mannin *Sionegael Ikeme |
Montana State University Colorado State University University of Tennessee, Knoxville Colorado State University |
| Outstanding Choices Article Award | Angel Aguiar |
University of Florida |
| Shawn Arita | North Dakota State University | |
| Stephen Devadoss | Texas Tech University | |
| Jason H. Grant | Virginia Tech | |
| Yunus Emre Karagulle | Virginia Tech | |
| Jeff Luckstead | Washington State University | |
| Ian Sheldon | The Ohio State University | |
| Sandro Steinbach | North Dakota State University | |
| Carlos Zurita | North Dakota State University | |
| Outstanding AETR Article Award | Huan Li |
North Carolina State University |
| Lyubov Kurkalova |
North Carolina State University | |
| Scott Simkins |
North Carolina State University | |
| Shona Morgan |
North Carolina State University | |
| Honorable Mention |
*Allan F. Pinto *Dan Olmstead *Alejandro A. Calixto *Miguel I. Gomez |
Auburn University Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University |
| Presidential Recognition Award | Zhengfei Guan |
University of Florida |
| Ruiqing Miao | Auburn University |