Awards & Fellows Recognition Ceremony

The AAEA Annual Awards and Fellows Ceremony recognizes professional excellence in agricultural and applied economics. Students, early career professionals, and experienced members are selected on the basis of their achievements in research, teaching and extension activities. It also recognizes AAEA Fellows, AAEA's most prestigious honor.

2020 Fellows Class
Awudu Abdulai, University of Kiel	Shenggen Fan, China Agricultural University	David Just, Cornell University

Will Masters,
Tufts University

Scott Swinton
Michigan State University

2020 AAEA Annual Award Winners
Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis Award	John Hoddinott, Cornell University
Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Awards Individual: Less than Ten Years’ Experience Individual: Ten or More Years’ Experience Group	Becca Jablonski, Colorado State University Maria Marshall, Purdue University Matthew Stockton, Daran Rudnick, Chuck Burr, and Robert Tinger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Distinguished Teaching Awards Less than Ten Years’ Experience Undergraduate Teaching: Ten or More Years’ Experience Graduate Teaching: Ten or More Years’ Experience	Amanda Countryman, Colorado State University Larry DeBoer, Purdue University Lilyan Fulginiti, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award	Alexandra Hill, University of California, Davis "Determinants of Productivity, Quality, and Labor Supply: An Analysis of U.S. Agricultural Workers" Jonathan Proctor, University of California, Berkeley "The Value of Light: Crop Response to Optical Scattering and Generalizable Earth Observation" Maulik Jagnani, Cornell University "Essays on Human Capital, Evironment, and Development"
Outstanding Master's Thesis Awards	Andrew Swanson, Montana State University "The Costs of Cooperation: The Effects of Section 199 on Basis for Farm Cooperatives in the Midwest" Ethan Sabala, Texas Tech University "Essays in Trade Policy Analysis: Chinese Tariffs on US Agricultural Markets" Gabriella Sorg, University of Minnesota "Dairy Confined Animal Feeding Permits on Public Notice as a Leading Indicator of Milk Supply" Honorable Mentions: Emma Gjerdseth, University of California, Davis "Do Deforestation Monitoring Programs Work? Evidence from the Environmental Property Registry and Satellite Data in Brazil" Susana Constenla Villoslada, Cornell University "Development Resilience: A Comparison of Popular Measurement Methods"
Publication of Enduring Quality Award	Wiktor Adamowicz, University of Alberta; Peter Boxall, University of Alberta; Michael Williams, Intelligent Marketing Systems; Jordan Louviere, University of South Australia "Stated Preference Approaches for Measuring Passive Use Values: Choice Experiments and Contingent Valuation"
Quality of Communication Award	Farzad Taheripour, Purdue University; Thomas Hertel, Purdue University; Navin Ramankutty, University of British Columbia "Market-mediated responses confound policies to limit deforestation from oil palm expansion in Malaysia and Indonesia"
Quality of Research Discovery Award	Edward Perry, Kansas State University; Federico Ciliberto, University of Virginia; GianCarlo Moschini, Iowa State University "Valuing Product Innovation: Genetically Engineered Varieties in US Corn and Soybeans" Honorable Mention: Nelson Villoria, Kansas State University "Technology Spillovers and Land Use Change: Empirical Evidence from Global Agriculture"
Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article Award	Jeffrey D. Michler, University of Arizona; Emilia Tjernström, University of Wisconsin; Simone Verkaart, Wageningen University; Kai Mausch "Money Matters: The Role of Yields and Profits in Agricultural Technology Adoption"
American Journal of Agricultural Economics Outstanding Reviewers Award (NEW)	Sabrin Beg, University of Delaware Conner Mullally, University of Florida Eric Njuki, USDA-ERS Klaas van't Veld, University of Wyoming
Outstanding Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy Article Award	Daniel Millimet, Southern Methodist University; Ian McDonough, University of Nevada, Las Vegas "Criminal Incarceration, Statutory Bans on Food Assistance, and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households: Findings from a Partnership with the North Texas Food Bank" 351-369
Outstanding Choices Article	James A. Sterns, Oregon State University "Is the Emerging U.S. Hemp Industry Yet Another Boom–Bust Market for U.S. Farmers?" Honorable Mentions: Yuri Clements Daglia Calil, Texas A&M University; Luis Ribera, Texas A&M University "Brazil’s Agricultural Production and Its Potential as Global Food Supplier"
Presidential Recognition Award for Special Service to the Association	Robbin Shoemaker, USDA-NIFA (Retired)
Extension Grad Student Competition	First Place: Katie Wilts, University of Minnesota. Mentor: Joleen Hadrich Second Place: Molly DelCurto, Montana State University. Mentor: Kate Fuller Third Place: Jose Enrique Velasco Ortiz, Purdue University. Mentor: Ariana Torres Honorable Mention Elena Chin, University of Arizona. Mentor: Russell Tronstad.
NEW AAEA Mentoring Award	Cesar Escalante, University of Georgia
2020 AAEA Trust Sponsored Award Winners
Anthony Grano Scholarship	Katherine Wilts, University of Minnesota; Betty Thomas, Mississippi State University
Chester O. McCorkle Jr. Student Scholarship	Ethan Sabala, Texas Tech University
Luther G. Tweeten Scholarship	No award given this year
Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship	Varun Miglani, Deemed University
Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship	Alexandra Hill, Colorado State University
AARES-AAEA Young Professional Exchange Program	Leah Palm-Forster, University of Delaware
Early Career Professional and Graduate Student Travel Grants	None were given this year due to the cancellation of the in-person annual meeting

Previous Award Winners

Annual Meeting Starts

Important Dates

December 15
- 2020 AAEA Business Meeting