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University of California, Davis

  • New Appointment: Mark Agerton, Assistant Professor
  • Awards: Colin Carter, Aaron Smith, AAEA, 2018 Outstanding AJAE Article Award; K. Aleks Schaefer, AAEA, 2018 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award; Jeffrey Williams, AAEA, 2018 Publication of Enduring Quality Award; Anubhab Gupta, UC Davis Graduate Studies, 2017-18 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award; Joakim Weill, UC Davis Graduate Studies, 2017-18 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Gerardo Aragon, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Monterrey (Mexico) Business Division; Georgi Gabrielyan, PhD, Agricultural Economist, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Dairy Division; Pablo Valdes-Donoso, MS and PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Davis Agricultural Issues Center; Tianxia Zhou, PhD, Data Scientist, Uber Technologies
  • Retirements: Bees Butler, 31 years of service; Richard Green, 43 years of service; James Wilen, 39 years of service
  • Visitors: Takumi Sakuyama, Professor, Meiji University, Japan, visiting scholar, March 2019; Marie Steen, professor, Department of Economics and Resource Management at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, visiting scholar, August 2018-2019

University of Delaware

  • New Appointments: Kimberly Oremus, Assistant Professor; Anna Birckenbach, Assistant Professor; Kelly Davidson, Assistant Professor; Brandon McFadden, Assistant Professor

University of Guelph

  • New Appointments: John Cranfield, Associate Dean; Andreas Boecker, Interim Chair
  • Appointment Change: Getu Hailu, Professor
  • Awards: Yu Na Lee, AAEA, Honorable Mention, Outstanding Dissertation Awards; Zhenhua Sun, CAES, Outstanding MSc Thesis Award, and NAREA, Outstanding MSc Thesis Award; Alan Ker, CAES, Honourable Mention, Outstanding CJAE Article Award
  • Honorary Position: Brady Deaton, President, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, 2018-2019

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Appointment Changes: Brenna Ellison, Associate Professor; Teresa Serra Devesa, Professor

International Food Policy Research Institute

  • New Appointment: Fleur Wouterse, Senior Research Fellow
  • Awards: Alam Mondal, IEEE, Senior Member of the IEEE; Anjani Kumar, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences; Berber Kramer and Francisco Ceballos, 30th International Conference for Agricultural Economists (ICAE), T.W. Shultz Prize for Best Contributed Paper; Hiroyuki Takeshima, 30th International Conference for Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Nils Westermarck Prize for Best Poster; Shenggen Fan, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Honorary Life Member; Xinshen Diao, University of Minnesota, 2018 Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals
  • Visitors: Philip Thornton, Flagship Leader and Principal Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) / CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Aug 20-22, 2018

Kansas State University

  • Awards: Nelson Villoria, Global Trade Analysis Project, 2018-2021 Research Fellow

University of Maryland

  • New Appointments: James Archsmith, Assistant Professor; Louis Preonas, Assistant Professor (to arrive in August 2019)
  • Appointment Changes: Lori Lynch, Department Chair; David Newburn, Associate Professor
  • Leave: Pamela Jakiela, Center for Global Development, August 2018 - May 2019
  • Return from Leave: Lori Lynch
  • Visitor: Ioanna Grammatikopoulou, Post-Doctorate, Natural Resources Institute (LUKE), Helsinki, Finland, Visiting Scholar, August-September 2018

Michigan State University

  • Awards: Thomas Jayne, AAEA, 2018 AAEA Fellow; Melissa McKendree, WAEA, Outstanding JARE Reviewer

University of Missouri

  • New appointments: Martyn Foreman, Instructor; Jasper Grashuis, Assistant Research Professor; Annette Kendall, Senior Research Associate for Entrepreneurship, McQuinn Center; Sarah Low, Fred V. Heinkel Professor in Agriculture and Associate Professor;  Byung Min Soon, Senior Research Associate for Policy and Markets, FAPRI; Shuoli Zhao, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Appointment Changes: Scott Brown, Associate Extension Professor; Corinne Valdivia, Professor
  • Awards: Harvey James (co–author with Matt Elliott), Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, ARER Best Article Award winner for 2017; Judy Stallmann, University of Missouri, 2018 Donald W. Fancher Provost Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Continuing Education; Judy Stallman and co-authors Craig Maher, Steven Deller and Sungho Park, Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, Best Paper for 2017
  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Matthew Sveum, PhD, Assistant Professor of Management and Economics, William Woods University
  • Return from Leave: Corinne Valdivia
  • Visitors: Ana Luiza Camargo Mascarin Cunha, PhD candidate, School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting, University of Sao Paulo, Visiting Scholar, August 2018 - January 2019; Marzia Polino, PhD candidate, University of Bologna, Visiting Scholar, August 2018 -December 2018; Xinghong Lin, PhD candidate, Nanjing Agricultural University, Visiting Scholar, September 2018-August 2019; Xuemei Liu, PhD candidate, East China University of Science and Technology, Visiting Scholar, September 2018-August 2019; Lixia Xhang, Vice Director and Professor, Agricultural Information Institute of Science and Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Visiting Scholar, September 2018-August 2019

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Appointment Changes: Nicholas Brozovic, Professor; Fabio L. Mattos, Associate Professor
  • Awards: Fabio L. Mattos, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, College Distinguished Teaching Award; Fabio L. Mattos, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Holling Family Award for Teaching Excellence; Kofi Britwum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award
  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Federico Trindade, PhD, Post-doctorate, Evans School of Policy Analysis and Research Group, University of Washington

The Ohio State University

  • Awards: Leah Bevis, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Linkage and Leverage Grant; Yongyang Cai, Great Lakes Consortium Allocations on Blue Waters Supercomputer Project; Joyce Chen, The Ohio State University, Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Research Grant Award; Brian Roe, The OARDC Research Enhancement Competitive Grants Program, SEEDS Grant; Abdoul Sam, Agricultural Economics, Top 20 most downloaded papers in 2017; Feng-An Yang, The Ohio State University, Bernie Erven Outstanding Teaching Award; Daniel Crown, The Ohio State University, 18th Annual Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science
  • Positions Taken By Recent Graduates: Bo Feng, Assistant Professor, Lewis College of Business, Director, Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), Marshall University; Meng-Fen Yen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Finance, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Yiting Li, Data Analyst, College of  Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus; Yu Zhang, Assistant Professor, School of Insurance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China

Purdue University

  • Awards: Jerry Shively, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award - Teaching Award for Ten or more Years of Experience in Graduate Teaching 2018; Jerry Shively, International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE), Honorary Life Member (Fellow) 2018;  Chris Hurt, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Extension Section Premier Forecaster Award 2018; Lionel (Bo) Beaulieu, Community Development Society, Community Development Achievement Award 2018

Texas A&M University

  • Awards: Joe Outlaw, WAEA, 2018 Fellow; Ariun Ishdorj, Texas A&M University, 2018 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award for Educational Enrichment, and Innovation
  • Retirement: David Bessler, 36 Years of Service
  • Positions Taken by Recent Graduates: Bachir Kassas, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Florida; Michelle Segovia, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri; Yinjunjie Zhang, PhD, Post-Doctorate, Australia National University

Virginia Tech

  • New Appointment: Julien Cadot, Associate Professor
  • Awards: George Norton, AAEA, 2018 AAEA Fellow; Kevin Boyle, AERE, 2018 Fellow

West Virginia University

  • New Appointment: Alan Collins, Interim Director
  • Appointment Change: Levan Elbakidze, Associate Professor
  • Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Caleb Stair, PhD, Post-Doctorate, University of Florida
  • Retirement: Gerard D’Souza, 34 Years of Service
  • Visitor: Peter Maille, Associate Professor, Eastern Oregon University, Visiting Scholar, September – December 2018