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President-Elect Seeks Volunteers for AAEA Committees
Committees drive the direction and impact of the AAEA by influencing its activities and awards. Please consider shaping the AAEA’s future by volunteering for one of the committees listed below. Committee service also offers an excellent opportunity for developing contacts, refining leadership skills, and increasing professional networking.
AAEA President-Elect, Titus Awokuse will make appointments to the following 2026-2027 committees in June 2026:
 AAEA Trust- Awards
- Case Study Invited Paper
- Communications
- Employment Services
- Fellows Selection
- Finance
- Galbraith Forum and Award
- Membership
- Mentoring
- Nominating
- Selected Presentations
- T.W. Schultz Lecture
For information about these committees and a list of their current members, please visit http://www.aaea.org/about-aaea/aaea-committees.
Any AAEA member interested and willing to serve on a committee should fill out this online form. If you have any questions please contact Jeanne Rhodes (jrhodes@aaea.org) or (414) 918-3190 by April 30, 2026.
2026 AAEA Annual Meeting
Hotel
Room block is open at Kansas City Marriott Downtown for 2026 AAEA Annual Meeting
AAEA Group Rate: $194.00, plus 18.475% tax and a taxable $3.00 city development fee
Reservations must be received on or before June 29, 2026.
Please book a room using the AAEA Group Rate Link: https://book.passkey.com/e/51095123
CWAE & Employment Services Committee
Keep Moving Forward: Building Professional and Personal Resilience
CWAE’s Programming Committee, in partnership with AAEA’s Employment Services Committee, is excited to invite you to our upcoming Professional Development & Networking Series event, entitled "Keep Moving Forward: Building Professional and Personal Resilience.”
Event Details:
Note: Please register by Thursday, February 5 and use an institution-affiliated email address if you are not an AAEA member.
Panelists:
- Anne Byrne, Cornell University
- Norbert Wilson, Duke University
- Mary Bohman, Retired research and statistics leader
Moderator:
- Kate Schneider Lecy, Arizona State University
On February 6, please join us for a panel discussion at 12:00pm ET where invited speakers will share insights on and experiences with building professional and personal resiliency through challenging times in your career. The panel discussion will be followed by a 30-minute “Mentorship Mingle” at 1:00pm ET to share the unwritten rules and hidden curriculum of professional resiliency in our field.
Choices Magazine: Article(s) Highlight
US Rice Farmers’ Perspectives and Opinions Toward Organic Farming
Joohun Han, Alvaro Durand-Morat, and Eva Stephani Caroline
We survey US rice farmers’ (conventional and organic) opinions and perceptions of organic practices. Our findings reveal that conventional farmers may lack both knowledge and interest in organic farming. While profitability drives decisions for both groups, differing views on risk and environmental values indicate an information gap among conventional producers.
Interested in publishing in Choices? Submit your Individual, Theme, or Data Visualizations here.
Exciting Updates from the Student Section of the AAEA!
We’re thrilled to share some big news — the SS-AAEA Journal has been renamed the Undergraduate Journal in Agricultural and Applied Economics! This new name reflects our continued commitment to showcasing outstanding undergraduate research in agricultural and applied economics.
To strengthen the journal and support our authors, we’ve also established a dedicated editorial board focused on enhancing the review process and overall quality of publications.
We invite you and your students to submit their research papers for consideration in upcoming issues of the journal. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate scholars to share their work with the broader academic community and gain valuable publishing experience.
You can find the submission guidelines, submission form, and past research papers on our website:
https://www.aaea.org/membership/sections/ss-aaea/ss-aaea-journal
Other News
MSU International Workshop
Survey Design and Experimental Methods in Applied and Agricultural Economics
We are pleased to announce the International Workshop on “Survey Design and Experimental Methods in Applied and Agricultural Economics,” to be held from May 25 to May 29, 2026, at Michigan State University.
This year’s workshop features a new and expanded program. In addition to a strong focus on survey-based data construction, experimental auctions, and discrete choice experiments, the curriculum has been extended to include in-depth coverage of survey design and data collection, basket-based choice experiments, and field experiments, with applications across a wide range of policy contexts. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge, be introduced to state-of-the-art software tools, and design their own experimental applications through hands-on training.
The instructor team includes:
- Vincenzina Caputo (Michigan State University)
- Carola Grebitus (Arizona State University)
- David Just (Cornell University)
- Jayson L. Lusk (Purdue University)
- Rodolfo M. Nayga (Texas A&M University)
- Jeffrey M. Wooldridge (Michigan State University)
We are particularly excited to welcome Professor Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, who will present state-of-the-art, cutting-edge econometric methods for policy evaluation.
The workshop is open to academics (graduate students, faculty, and researchers) as well as non-academics (consultants and practitioners from the private sector or national and international organizations). Seats are limited, and registration is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more registration information, click here: website.
For more information about scholarships, click here: website.
Please do not hesitate to contact us (vcaputo@msu.edu, carola.grebitus@asu.edu, & decianni@msu.edu) if you have any questions or need additional information!
Call for Papers, Posters, and Organized Sessions
NAREA 2026 Annual Meeting
June 7 – 9, 2026
Molly Pitcher Inn
Red Bank, New Jersey
On behalf of NAREA, Chair and President-Elect Todd Schmit (Cornell University, tms1@cornell.edu) and Selected Papers Committee Chair Neha Khanna (Binghamton University, nkhanna@binghamton.edu) are inviting abstracts for selected papers, selected posters, and organized sessions for the 2026 NAREA meeting in Red Bank, New Jersey.
We welcome submissions in all areas of resource, environmental, and agricultural economics and encourage submissions from a diversity of scholars – faculty, post-docs, students, and other professionals. Come and be part of a great annual meeting and participate in shared learning, conversation, and networking in a professional and welcoming environment for all. NAREA – you belong here!
Where to Submit: Abstracts for the annual meeting should be submitted through NAREA’s Annual Meeting Submission System.
Submission Deadline: February 13, 2026
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Call for Papers 2026 NAREA Workshop
Opportunities and Barriers for Rural Development in America’s New Energy Landscape
June 9 – 10, 2026
Molly Pitcher Inn
Red Bank, New Jersey
ABSTRACT Deadline: February 13, 2026
The rapid deployment of new energy infrastructure including biomass, solar, wind, and carbon capture technologies, as well as new demand sources like data centers is changing the landscape of America's rural communities. While these energy projects may be welcome due to the economic opportunities that they bring, many projects encounter opposition due to their (real or perceived) negative impacts. The goal of the 2026 NAREA Workshop is to gain a deeper understanding of how new energy development is impacting rural life in America, including impacts on economic development, employment opportunities, farm incomes, environmental amenities, and health outcomes.
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