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WAEA Awards

WAEA Fellows
Award Nominations
Past Award Winners

WAEA recognizes excellence in the profession by presenting annual awards. Each award program is overseen by the Awards Committee and is administered by a subcommittee, except in the case of Distinguished Scholars.

Outstanding Graduate Paper or Master's Thesis Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding research by graduate students. Nominees must have completed a master’s degree at an institution within the Association’s geographic scope during the past calendar year. Only theses or graduate papers bearing completion dates within the past calendar year will be considered. One graduate paper or master’s thesis may be submitted by each institution with no more than one nomination allowed per department. PhD dissertations are not eligible. The evaluation criteria are: (1) Importance of the problem or subject, (2) significance of the results, (3) quality of work, and (4) effectiveness of reporting. Nominations must be made by agricultural economics departments within the geographic scope of the Association.

Outstanding Extension Program Award for Project and for Career

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding extension programs by members of the Association. Two awards may be given annually – one for outstanding project work which will be given to programs that are of less than or equal to five years duration. The second will be for career which will be given to programs that are of more than five years duration. Nominee(s) must be actively involved in programs of informal education for audiences external to the university. The program may be that of either an individual or a group of individuals working as a team. If given to a team, at least one member of the team must be a member of the Association. If given to an individual, the winner must be a member of the Association. The evaluation criteria are: (1) Importance of the problem or subject, (2) overall effectiveness of the program, (3) appropriateness of economic analysis, (4) effectiveness of communication methods, (5) evidence of accomplishment of objectives and positive impact on target audience(s). Nomination must be made by Association members and/or departments within the scope of the Association.

Outstanding Journal Article Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding contributions to the Association’s journal. Only articles published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics within the past calendar year will be considered. The evaluation criteria are: (1) Importance of the problem or subject, (2) significance of the results, (3) quality of work, and (4) effectiveness of reporting. The editor(s) and the editorial council select the article to receive the award.

WAEA Fellows Award

The purpose of this award is to grant the highest recognition to members making an enduring contribution over their career to agricultural or other type of applied, resource, and/or environmental economics in the Western states and the WAEA. Normally up to three awards may be given annually. The recipient(s) shall be named a “Fellow of the Western Agricultural Economics Association.” Nominees must be a current member of the association, and have demonstrated active involvement over their career as a member of the association. Nominees must have demonstrated excellence in two or more of the following areas of performance: (1) basic and applied economics research, (2) integration of knowledge (textbook writing or synthetic reviews), (3) service or outreach drawing on economic expertise, (4) teaching (undergraduate and/or graduate), (5) administration or service. Nomination must be made by Association members and/or departments within the scope of the Association.

Undergraduate Teaching Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding teaching of undergraduate students and related activities by members of the Association. Two awards may be given – one for more than ten years experience and one for less than ten years. Nominees must be members of the Association and actively teaching and related activities. Previous award winners are not eligible for the same award. The evaluation criteria are: (1) Personal interest in and availability to students, (2) mastery of subject matter (course content), (3) creativity in designing and using innovative teaching methods, (4) impact on learning based on student and peer evaluation, and (5) impact on departmental teaching program. Nominations must be made by Association members and/or departments located within the geographic scope of the Association. The nominator should submit a letter of recommendation, supplementary summary tables and other supporting items if desired.

Outstanding Published Research Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding research by members of the Association. At least one of the authors must be a member of the Association in the year the paper was published. Only research reports bearing a publication date within the past calendar year will be considered. Textbooks will not be considered published research for purposes of this award. Current year JARE publications are not eligible. The evaluation criteria are: (1) Importance of the problem or subject, (2) quality of work, (3) significance of the results, and (4) effectiveness of reporting. Nominations must be made by Association members and/or agricultural economics departments within the geographic scope of the Association.

Outstanding Senior Award

The Association awards a certificate to one outstanding senior at each qualifying degree granting institution. Agricultural economics departments within the geographic scope of the Association shall select the recipients of these awards. Please email 1) the name of the student selected by your department for this award and 2) the address to send the certificate to the current WAEA President. See the WAEA Winter Newsletter for additional information.

Outstanding JARE Reviewer Award

This award recognizes two outstanding reviewers of the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Two awards may be given: the first is the “Outstanding Article Reviewer of the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics with seven or fewer years experience,” and the second is the “Outstanding Article Reviewer of the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics with more than seven years experience.” Nominees must be members of the Association. The journal editors will select the two reviewers to receive the award.

WAEA Fellows

2023

2023

Joseph Atwood, Montana State University
Christopher T. Bastian University of Wyoming
Stephen R. Koontz, Colorado State University
2023

2022

2022

Hayley Chouinard, Colorado State University
Scott W. Fausti, California State University
Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University
2022

2021

2021

Dragan Miljkovic, North Dakota State University
Frank Ward, New Mexico State University
2021

2020

2020

Ashok K Mishra, Arizona State University
T. Randall Fortenbery, Washington State University
2020

2019

2019

Thomas Marsh, Washington State University
Jill McCluskey, Washington State University
Christopher McIntosh, University of Idaho
2019

2018

2018

Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University
Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M University
Tom Harris, University of Nevada
2018

2017

2017

Jayson Lusk, Purdue University
Vicki A. McCracken, Washington State University
2017

2016

2016

James Mjelde, Texas A&M University

2016

2015

2015

Shida R. Henneberry, Oklahoma State University
Kerry K. Litzenberg, Texas A&M University
GianCarlo Moschini, Iowa State University

2015

2014

2014

Francis Epplin, Oklahoma State University
Chennat Gopalakrishnan, University of Hawaii

2014

2013

2013

Rich Sexton, University of California, Davis
Michael Boland, University of Minnesota

2013

2012

2012

Wade Brorsen, Oklahoma State University
Susan Capalbo, Oregon State University
Gordon Rausser, University of California, Berkeley

2012

2011

2011

David A. Bessler, Texas A&M University
Gary W. Brester, Montana State University
Oral Capps Jr., Texas A&M University

2011

2010

2010

Stephen Devadoss, University of Idaho
Richard Just, University of Maryland
Paul Wilson, University of Arizona

2010

2009

2009

Julian M. Alston, University of California, Davis
DeeVon Bailey, Utah State University
Dana Hoag, Colorado State University
Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M University
J. Scott Shonkwiler. University of Nevada-Reno
Ted Schroeder, Kansas State University

2009

2008

2008

Andrew Barkley, Kansas State University
James W. Richardson, Texas A&M University
Vincent H. Smith, Montana State University

2008

2007

2007

Michele M. Veeman, University of Alberta
Steven C. Blank, Virginia Tech
Richard E. Howitt, University of California, Davis
Bonnie G. Colby, University of Arizona

2007

2006

2006

E. Bruce Godfrey, Utah State University
Jeffrey T. LaFrance, Monash University
Cement E. Ward, Oklahoma State University
Myles J. Watts, Montana State University

2006

2005

2005

Bruce Weber, Oregon State University
Ronald D. Lacewell, Texas A&M University
F. Larry Leistritz, North Dakota State University

2005

2004

2004

Warren E. Johnston, University of California, Davis
John Loomis, Colorado State University
Alex F. McCalla, University of California, Davis
Ron Mittelhammer, Washington State University
Dale Menkhaus, University of Wyoming
A. Gene Nelson, Texas A&M University
Richard Shumway, Washington State University
Norman K. Whittlesey, Washington State University
Robert A. Young, Colorado State University

2004

2003

2003

Harold O. Carter, Professor Emeritus, University of California Davis
Doug Young, Washington State University
Ken Casavant, Washington State University

2003

Past Award Winners

2022 WAEA Awards

2021 WAEA Awards

2020 WAEA Awards

2019 WAEA Awards

2018 WAEA Awards

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2016 WAEA Awards

2015 WAEA Awards

2014 WAEA Awards

2013 WAEA Awards

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2011 WAEA Awards

2010 WAEA Awards

2009 WAEA Awards

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2007 WAEA Awards

2006 WAEA Awards

2005 WAEA Awards

2004 WAEA Awards

2003 WAEA Awards