People Section

Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Ekene Aguegboh, PhD, Senior Data Analyst, Capital One

New Appointments: Eric Edwards, Assistant Professor; Sara Sutherland, Lecturer; Peter Xu, Lecturer
Leave: Michael Carter, Toulouse School of Economics, 1/1/24–6/30/24
Visitor: Shiyun Zhang, Executive Vice President of Anhui Agricultural Modernization Research Institute, Anhui Agricultural University, Visiting Scholar, 2/1/24–4/30/24

New Appointment: Ly T. Nguyen, Assistant Professor.
Position Taken by Recent Graduate: Hakeem Holmes, MS, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist, National Center for Appropriate Technology

New Appointment: Jessica Windh, Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist
Award: Zhengliang Yang, Food Distribution Research Society, 2023 Richardson-Applebaum Outstanding Graduate Research on Food Distribution and Marketing

New Appointments: Swetha Manohar, Associate Research Fellow; Sally Kimathi, Research Officer; Madhur Gautam, Senior Research Fellow; Tamsin Zandstra, Research Analyst; Theingi Oo, Research Analyst
Resignations: Yohannes Alemayehu; Pabitra Chowdhury; Iqra Akram; Sitara Gill; Shoumi Mustafa
Awards: Prapti Barooah, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, Best Poster Award for “Understanding drivers and barriers for adoption of climate-smart agriculture through a gender lens: Evidence from India”; Sonali Singh, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, Best Poster Award for presenting “From seeds of change to harvesting equality: Women in India’s agroecology based agri-food system”

New Appointment: Hui Zhou, Assistant Professor
Appointment Change: Emi Uchida, Professor & Department Chair
Award: Pengfei Liu, Early Career Faculty Research and Scholarship Excellence Award, University of Rhode Island