Agricultural Economics Graduate Student Association

Awards

The Department of Agricultural Economics has an innovative and prestigious reputation built by continuously excelling in all aspects of its endeavors. We are proud of our awards and honors. We salute, as others have, our faculty, staff, and students who make our programs some of the greatest in the nation.

To view a PDF file of all known awards to date, click here. This document is a continuous work in progress and was most recently updated 3/17/2014, for more information contact Amanda Erichsen at aerichsen@k-state.edu.

2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004

2016

  • Krishna Pokharel with Allen Featherstone 2nd Place K-State Graduate Research, Arts and Discovery (GRAD) Forum

2015

  • Veronica Pozo, Graduate Student, Outstanding Dissertation Award
  • Claire Luensmann, Graduate Student, Outstanding Thesis Award
  • Sandra Conteras, Emrah Er, Ana Claudia Sant'Anna, 1st place team AAEA Graduate Student Case Study Competition

2014

  • Melissa Lynes, Graduate Student, Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Novel (5th Lindau Meeting of Economic Sciences)
  • Hannah Miller, National Society of Accountants for Coops Silver Pen Award
  • Melissa McKendree Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Graduate Extension Competition Winner
  • Krishna Pokharel National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship
  • Krishna Pokharel, Ruli Wibowo, and Frank Nti People's Choice Awards K-State Center for Sustainable Energy Symposium

2013

2012

  • Sandra Contreras, Graduate Student, 2nd Place K-State Research Forum
  • Craig Smith, Graduate Student, Kansas Eta Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (John Crespi)
  • Adriana Chacon-Cascante, Graduate Student, Published in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (John Crespi)
  • Yan Heng, Graduate Student, Published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment (Hikaru Hanawa Peterson)
  • Linda Burbidge, Graduate Student, Published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (John Crespi)
  • Yan Chen, Graduate Student, Published in the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal (John Crespi)
  • Veronica Pozo, Graduate Student, Published in the Journal of Agricultural Economics (Ted Schroeder)
  • Lee Schulz, Graduate Student, Published in the Agribusiness and in Agricultural Economics (John Crespi)
  • Tucker Schumacher, Graduate Student, Published in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (John Crespi)
  • Alexi Thompson, Graduate Student, Published in Economics Letters (Jeff Peterson)
  • Craig Smith, Graduate Student, Published in the Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education (John Crespi)
  • Matt Pachta, Graduate Student, Published in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (John Crespi)
  • Lance Zimmerman, Graduate Student, Published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (John Crespi)
  • Brady Brewer, Graduate Student, 1st place team Graduate Student Case Study Competition (Christine Wilson, Allen Featherstone)
  • Melissa Lynes, Graduate Student, 1st place team Graduate Student Case Study Competition (Jason Bergtold, Jeff Williams)
  • Rebecca Manes, Graduate Student, 1st place team Graduate Student Case Study Competition (Tim Dalton)
  • Matt Herrington, Graduate Student, Honorable Mention team Graduate Student Case Study (Glynn Tonsor)
  • Michael Lindbloom, Graduate Student, Honorable Mention team Graduate Student Case Study (Glynn Tonsor)
  • Caitlin Lowe, Graduate Student, Honorable Mention team Graduate Student Case Study (Tim Dalton)
  • Katie Teague, Graduate Student, Honorable Mention team Graduate Student Case Study (Ted Schroeder)

2011

  • Jason Fewell, Graduate Student, 2nd Place K-State Research Forum
  • Barry Flinchbaugh, Professor, Distinguished Service to American and World Agriculture from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents
  • Barry Flinchbaugh, Professor, Veritas Award for Truth and Justice to the Agricultural Community from American Agri-Women
  • Barry Flinchbaugh, Professor, Inaugural Wildcat Pride Award from the K-State Alumni Association for faculty service to alumni

2010

2009

2008

  • Nathan Hendricks, M.S. Student, Outstanding M.S. Thesis, Western Agricultural Economics Association
  • Andrew Saffert, Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Student Research Award (M.S.)
  • Matthew Clark, Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) First Place Winner

2007

  • Luc Valentin, AAEA Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award
  • Alexander Saak, AAEA Quality of Research Discovery Award
  • Jeffrey Peterson, AAEA Quality of Research Discovery Award

2006

2005

  • Molly D. Brant, Ph.D. Student, Gamma Sigma Delta Ph.D. Teaching Award
  • Molly D. Brant, Ph.D. Student, Richard Elmore Brown Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University
  • Molly D. Brant, Golden Key National Honor Society Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • Hanas Abdul Cader, Ph.D. Student, Graduate Travel Fellowship, Western Agricultural Economics Association
  • Sreedhar Upendram, Ph.D. Student, Graduate Travel Fellowship, Western Agricultural Economics Association
  • Tian Xia, Assistant Professor, AAEA Outstanding Dissertation Award
  • Ya Ding, Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Student Research Award (M.S.)
  • Kranti Mulik, AAEA Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award
  • Alex Offerdahl, AAEA Outstanding Master's Thesis Award
  • Anup Menon Nandialath, AAEA Outstanding Master's Thesis Award
  • Craig Smith, WAEA Outstanding Published Graduate Student or MS Thesis Award

2004

  • Fengxia Dong, AAEA Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award
  • Justin L. Taylor, AAEA Outstanding Master's Thesis Award
  • Justin L. Taylor, WAEA Outstanding Published Graduate Student or MS Thesis Award