2015 AAEA Awards & Fellows Recognition Ceremony
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Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
2015 AAEA Awards & Fellows Recognition CeremonyMonday, July 27, 2015 • 6:30 pm–7:45 pm • San Francisco, CA
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
2015 AAEA Awards & Fellows Recognition Ceremony
Monday, July 27, 2015 • 6:30 pm–7:45 pm • San Francisco, CA
Barry GoodwinAAEA President
North Carolina State University
Timothy DaltonAAEA Awards Committee Co-Chair
Kansas State University
Jaclyn Kropp AAEA Awards Committee Co-Chair
University of Florida
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
2015 AAEA Awards & Fellows Recognition CeremonyMonday, July 27, 2015 • San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate Student Section Awards• Academic Bowl• Outstanding Paper Competition• Outstanding Chapter Award• Creative Club Award
Graduate Student Section Awards• Graduate Student Case Study Competition • Graduate Student Extension Competition
Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award• Andrew Mollica, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Economic Growth and Income Inequality on American Indian Reservations”
• Anna Scofield, University of Wyoming “The Impacts of Residential Development Pattern on Wildland Fire Suppression Expenditures”
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation• Anil Bhargava, University of California, Davis
“Agriculture, Poverty, and Natural Resource Conservation in 21st Century India: Impact Evaluation and Analysis of Rural Development Policy”
• Travis Smith, University of Minnesota “Distributional Analyses on Diet Quality in the United States”
Honorable Mention:• Patricia Yanez-Pagans, University of Wisconsin-
Madison “Three Essays in Development and Environmental Economics”
Distinguished Teaching AwardsLess than Ten Years’ Experience• Nicholas Paulson, University of Illinois
Undergraduate Teaching: Ten or More Years’ Experience• W. Marshall Frasier, Colorado State University
Graduate Teaching: Ten or More Years’ Experience• Richard Sexton, University of California, Davis
Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program AwardsIndividual: Less than Ten Years’ Experience• Shannon Ferrell, Oklahoma State University
Individual: Ten or More Years’ Experience• Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M University
Group • DMaP (Dairy Markets & Policy)
Andrew Novakovic, Cornell University; Marin Bozic, University of Minnesota; Brian Gould, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Newton, University of Illinois; Charles Nicholson, The Pennsylvania State University; Mark Stephenson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Cameron Thraen, The Ohio State University; and Christopher Wolf, Michigan State University
Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis• Bruce Babcock & Sebastian Pouliot, Iowa State
University
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2015 AAEA Awards & Fellows Recognition CeremonyMonday, July 27, 2015 • San Francisco, CA
Quality of Communication Award• Geoffrey Barrows, University of California, Berkeley;
Steven Sexton, North Carolina State University; and David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley “Agricultural Biotechnology: The Promise and Prospects of Genetically Modified Crops”
• J. Edward Taylor, University of California, Riverside; and Mateusz Filipski, International Food Policy Research Institute “Beyond Experiments in Development Economics: Local Economy-wide Impact Evaluation”
Honorable Mention:• Colin Carter, University of California, Davis; Ben
Santer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley; Alan Olmstead, University of California, Davis; Paul Rhode, University of Michigan; Richard Howitt, University of California, Davis; David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley and Scott Kaplan, University of California, Berkeley “Climate Change: Challenges to California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources”
• David Zetland, Leiden University College “Living with Water Scarcity”
Publication of Enduring Quality Award• Julian Alston, University of California, Davis; George
Norton; Virginia Tech; and Philip Pardey, University of Minnesota “Science under Scarcity: Principles and Practice for Agricultural Research Evaluation and Priority Setting”
Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article Award• Nathan Hendricks, Kansas State University; Aaron
Smith, University of California, Davis; and Daniel Sumner, University of California, Davis “Crop Supply Dynamics and the Illusion of Partial Adjustment”, AJAE. (2014): 96 (5): 1469-1491
Honorable Mention:• Sathya Gopalakrishnan, The Ohio State University;
and H. Allen Klaiber, The Ohio State University “Is the Shale Energy Boom a Bust for Nearby Residents? Evidence from Housing Values in Pennsylvania”, AJAE. 96.1 (2014): 43-66
Outstanding Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy Article Award• Andrea Guariso, KU Leuven; Mara Squicciarini, KU
Leuven; and Johan Swinnen, KU Leuven “Food Price Shocks and the Political Economy of Global Agricultural and Development Policy”, AEPP. (2014) 36 (3): 387-415
Outstanding Choices Article• Philip Pardey, University of Minnesota; Jason Beddow,
University of Minnesota; and Steven Buccola, Oregon State University “Losing the Plot? Agricultural Research Policy and the 2014 Farm Bill” Choices (2014) 29 (3rd Quarter)
Honorable Mention:• Erik Lichtenberg, University of Maryland
“Conservation, the Farm Bill, and U.S. Agri-Environmental Policy” Choices (2014) 29 (3rd Quarter)
• Brian Wright, University of California, Berkeley “Multiple Peril Crop Insurance” Choices (2014) 29 (3rd Quarter)
Presidential Recognition Award for Special Service to the Association • Mary Ahearn, Choices Editor
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2015 AAEA Awards & Fellows Recognition CeremonyMonday, July 27, 2015 • San Francisco, CA
Chester O. McCorkle Jr. Student Scholarship• Andrew Stevens, University of California, Berkeley
Luther G. Tweeten Scholarship• Sylvan Herskowitz, University of California, Berkeley
Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship• Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Bangladesh Agricultural
University• Rajib Sutradhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
AARES-AAEA Young Professional Exchange ProgramHeading North Award• Sayed Iftekhar, University of Western Australia
Heading South Award• Kate Fuller, Montana State University
Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship• Mousumi Das, Indira Gandhi Institute of
Development Research
AAEA TRUST SPONSORED AWARDS
LILMI Travel Grants• Ahsanuzzaman Ahsanuzzaman, North South
University• Annet Adong, Makere University• Kiran Patil, University of Agricultural Sciences• P Venkatesh, Indian Agricultural Research Institute• Kennedy Otieno Pambo, University of Nairobi• Solomie Gebrezgabher, International Water
Management Institute (IWMI)• Yemisi Lawal, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria
Early Career Professional and Graduate Student Travel GrantsThe AAEA Trust provided support to 16 applicants to attend this year’s Joint Annual Meeting.
A full list of grant winners can be found at www.aaea.org/trust/trust-funded-programs
The AAEA Trust Awards presented this evening were made possible by the generosity of our members’ donations to the
AAEA Trust support categories and special purpose funds. Donations to the AAEA Trust can be made at the Registration
Desk or online at
www.aaea.org/trust/donate
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2015 AAEA Awards & Fellows Recognition CeremonyMonday, July 27, 2015 • San Francisco, CA
AAEA FELLOW AWARDS
Ariel Dinar University of California, Riverside
James M. MacDonald USDA-Economic Research Service
J. Edward Taylor University of California, Riverside
Jayson L. Lusk Oklahoma State University
Alan L. Olmstead University of California, Davis
C. Peter Timmer Harvard University
AAEA Awards Committee
Timothy Dalton, Kansas State University, Co-chairJaclyn Kropp, University of Florida, Co-chairOutstanding Master’s Thesis
Alfons Weersink, University of Guelph, ChairChristopher Boyer, University of TennesseeKathleen Brooks, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Susana Ferreira, University of GeorgiaTodd Gabe, University of MaineGregory Graff, Colorado State UniversityDaniel Petrolia, Mississippi State UniversityNorbert Wilson, Auburn UniversityOutstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Brian Adam, Oklahoma State University, ChairNicole Ballenger, University of WyomingMarc Bellemare, University of MinnesotaKelly Cobourn, Virginia TechNathan Hendricks, Kansas State UniversityHenry Kinnucan, Auburn UniversityRoderick Rejesus, North Carolina State UniversityKarina Schoengold, University of Nebraska-LincolnSofia Villas-Boas, Uniwversity of California, Berkeley
AGRICULTURAL & APPLIED ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS COMMITTEE
Distinguished Teaching
Stephen Devadoss, University of Idaho, ChairScott Downey, Purdue UniversityMichael Ellerbrock, Virginia TechLynn Hamilton, California Polytechnic State UniversityKrishna Paudel, Louisiana State UniversityAlex Shanoyan, Kansas State UniversityDistinguished Extension/Outreach Program
James Hanson, University of Maryland, ChairCorrine Alexander, Purdue UniversitySteven Deller, University of Wisconsin-MadisonGordon Groover, Virginia TechJoseph Parcell, University of MissouriJames Richardson, Texas A&M UniversityBruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis
Laurian Unnevehr, University of Illinois, ChairCatherine Kling, Iowa State UniversityWilliam Masters, Tufts UniversityJohn Miranowski, Iowa State UniversityWallace Tyner, Purdue UniversityJunJie Wu, Oregon State University
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Quality of Communication
Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University, ChairAllen Featherstone, Kansas State UniversityWilliam Masters, Tufts UniversityNicholas Piggott, North Carolina State UniversityKimberly Rollins, University of NevadaQuality of Research Discovery
Amy Ando, University of Illinois, ChairJulian Alston, University of California, DavisTimothy Beatty, University of California, DavisStephen Hamilton, California Polytechnic State UniversityJill McCluskey, Washington State UniversityThomas Wahl, North Dakota State UniversityPublication of Enduring Quality
George Davis, Virginia Tech, ChairDavid Bessler, Texas A&M UniversityJohn Crespi, Kansas State UniversityKostantinos Giannakas, University of Nebraska-LincolnMichael Hanemann, University of California, BerkeleyRobert Innes, University of California, MercedOutstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article
Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois–Urbana Champaign, Editor
Brian Roe, The Ohio State University, EditorJames Vercammen, The University of British Columbia, EditorJunJie Wu, Oregon State University, EditorMichael Reed, University of Kentucky, Book Review EditorAwudo Abdulai, University of KielMaximilian Auffhammer, University of California, BerkeleyBarry Barnett, Mississippi State UniversityKathy Baylis, University of IllinoisKathleen Bell, University of MaineMarc Bellemare, University of MinnesotaSalvatore Di Falco, University of GenevaPaul Fackler, North Carolina State UniversityRolf Färe, Oregon State UniversityPaul Glewwe, University of MinnesotaCatherine Guirkinger, University of NamurCraig Gundersen, University of IllinoisNigel Key, USDA-Economic Research ServiceH. Allen Klaiber, The Ohio State UniversityChristian Langpap, Oregon State UniversityDouglas Larson, University of California, DavisJohn Loomis, Colorado State UniversityTravis Lybbert, University of California, DavisPhilippe Marcoul, University of AlbertaChristine Moser, Western Michigan UniversityRodolfo Nayga, Jr., University of ArkansasJeffrey Reimer, Oregon State UniversityRoderick Rejesus, North Carolina State UniversityAlexander Saak, International Food Policy Research InstituteMelinda Smale, Michigan State UniversityWyatt Thompson, University of MissouriDmitry Vedenov, Texas A&M UniversityXiming Wu, Texas A&M UniversityJintao Xu, Peking UniversityXiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State UniversityOutstanding Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy Article
Terrance Hurley, University of Minnesota, EditorRoderick Rejesus, North Carolina State University, Editor
Spiro Stefanou, University of Florida, Managing EditorGiorgio Brunello, University of PadovaHung-Hao Chang, National University of TaiwanAndrew Clark, Paris School of EconomicsStefan Felder, Basel University Jaume Garcia Villar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Sergio Gomez y Paloma, European Commission, DG Joint
Research CentreMunisamy Gopinath, Oregon State UniversitySergi Jimenez-Martin, Universitat Pompeu FabraMireia Jofre-Bonet, City University of LondonSergio Lence, Iowa State UniversityLuanne Lohr, USDA-Economic Research Service/Agricultural
Research ServiceAlistair McGuire, London School of EconomicsS. Niggol Seo, University of SydneyDavid Pannell, University of Western AustraliaLaura Schechter, University of WisconsinCalum Turvey, Cornell UniversityLaurian Unnevehr, International Food Policy Research InstituteDavide Viaggi, University of BolognaAlfons Weersink, University of GuelphAda Wossink, University of ManchesterSteven Wu, Purdue UniversityOutstanding Choices Article
Mary Ahearn, Retired USDA- Economic Research Service, EditorTatiana Borisova, University of FloridaHayley Chouinard, Washington State UniversityCaron Gala, C-FAREStephan Goetz, The Pennsylvania State UniversityJason Henderson, Kansas City FEDRodney Jones, Oklahoma State UniversityAni Katchova, University of KentuckyLarry Lev, Oregon State UniversityBrad Lubben, University of NebraskaJames Novak, Auburn UniversityGary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDawn Thilmany McFadden, Colorado State UniversityLuis Ribero, Texas A&M UniversityMichael Vassalos, Clemson UniversityCheryl Wachenheim, North Dakota State UniversityChris Wolf, Michigan State UniversityIrene Xiarchos, USDA Office of the Chief EconomistsFellows Selection Committee
Spiro Stefanou, The Pennsylvania State University, ChairJulian Alston, University of California, DavisJohn Antle, Oregon State UniversityMichael Boehjie, Purdue UniversityJulie Caswell, University of Massachusetts AmherstJeffrey Dorfman, University of GeorgiaMatthew Holt, University of AlabamaRobert Innes, University of California, MercedRobert King, University of MinnesotaErik Lichtenberg, University of MarylandPhilip Pardey, University of MinnesotaKathleen Segerson, University of ConnecticutJ. Scott Shonkwiler, University of GeorgiaJo Swinnen, University of LeuvenLaurian Unnevehr, International Food Policy and Research
InstituteBruce Weber, Oregon State University