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Congratulations and Names in the News:
The Purdue Board of Trustees voted to name Dr. Thomas Hertel
a Purdue Distinguished Professor. Currently there are fewer
than 60 Distinguished Professors at Purdue and only three
others in the school of Agriculture. Distinguished Professors
are members of the Purdue faculty whose academic contributions
in teaching and research are among the nations finest. Distinguished
Professors receive this recognition following a detailed
peer review process.
Dr. Hertel, an expert in the economy wide analysis of trade
policies, has served as a consultant for the World Bank,
the European Commission, the government of Japan, the Ford
Foundation, and the Australian Productivity Commission.
In 1995 Hertel was named the outstanding researcher in the
Purdue School of Agriculture. He has published two books
and written more than 100 professional papers and book chapters.
His research grants have totaled more than $4.6 million.
Jay Akridge was entered into “The Book of Great Teachers,”
which is a permanent wall display in the west foyer of the
Purdue Memorial Union. The book bears the names of faculty
members past and present who have devoted their lives to
excellence in teaching and scholarship. They were chosen
by their students and their peers as Purdue’s finest
educators. The nomination process for inclusion in this
book is repeated every five years and is slated to resume
in January 2008.
Frank Dooley was named the Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor.
Monica Fisher, PhD, received the American Agricultural
Economics Association (AAEA) Honorable Mention for her doctoral
dissertation, “Explaining Forest Degradation in Malawi:
Asset Poverty, Income Shocks and Activity.” Gerald
Shively and William Masters, Advisors.
Chris Hurt received the AAEA Distinguished Individual Extension
Program Award.
Paul Preckel received the Gamma Sigma Delta Award of Merit
for Graduate Teaching and the AAEA’s 2003 Distinguished
Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching over more than 10 years.
Sarahelen Thompson was elected to the Board of Directors
of the AAEA.
Thought You Would Like To Know:
Dr. W. David Downey, Professor of Agricultural Economics,
will be retiring from Purdue University in May of 2005.
In recognition of Dr. Downey’s outstanding contributions
to the Department of Agricultural Economics through his
work in the agribusiness and sales areas, the department
is working to fund an Endowed Chair in Sales and Marketing
in his honor. If you are interested in learning more, please
contact Dr. Jay Akridge Akridge@purdue.edu.
John Connor was appointed to the board of the American
Antitrust Institute, an influential US think-tank. Dr. Connor
will consult and, in part, direct the activities of the
Institute and its 62 members.
Gerald Shively will be on sabbatical leave until August
2004 at the Asian Economics Centre, Economics Department,
University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia.
Dr. Oliver Meixner is visiting our Department thru the
fall semester. He resides in Vienna, Austria and has taught
at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, since
1994. His main research fields are agricultural marketing,
new product development and decision support systems. The
main aim of his visit is to finish a study on new product
development in the food industry. He is staying in Lafayette
until October 2003 with his wife, Martina, and his 1 year
old daughter, Lilly.
The ICEE’s 50th year is rapidly approaching –
they are planning a big gala event for October 10th. It
will be at the Indianapolis Athletic Club starting with
the Annual Teach Awards Program at 4:00 pm, historical displays,
the opportunity to experience one of our flagship programs,
the “Mini-Economy”, a silent auction, dinner,
celebration ceremony, music, dancing and social time! The
former director, Pete Harrington, will be the keynote speaker.
The first session of “Managing Key Customer Accounts
– A Program Tailored for the Financial Services Officers
and Business Analysis at Farm Credit Services of Mid-America,”
was delivered in July in Louisville, KY., by the Center
for Food and Agricultural Business of Purdue University.
The goal of this workshop is to assist Farm credit Services
staff gain a better understanding of both the strategic
and financial environment that their key customers face,
so that they can position themselves and Farm Credit Services
to serve customers’ current and future leading needs.
The class will conclude the program during the second, three
day session on the Purdue campus in September.
For more information: http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/cab/programs/nca/index.htm
Participation at the AAEA Annual Meeting 2003:
AAEA – RSS – CAES annual meeting co-sponsored
by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics,
July 27-30, Montreal, Quebec.
Discussant:
Sarahelen Thompson for Strategic response to uncertainty
arising from product attributes: traceability vs. anonymity.
Organizers:
George Patrick – Effectively managing a faculty career
after 50.
Fee-based programming revenue generation in extension.
Thomas Hertel for Trade liberalization and rural poverty.
Moderators:
Christiane Schroeder for Guidelines for interviewing and
becoming a successful academic professional.
Michael Boehlje for Performance and contract design.
Corinne Alexander for Agri-environmental policy.
Jayson Lusk for Experimental economics and simulation of
non-price promotion impacts.
Panelists:
Otto Doering for Redefining their boundaries: Conversations
between agricultural economists and rural sociologists.
Michael Boehlje for Markets for value-enhanced corn and
soybeans: Issues and implications for further research.
Sally Thompson for Agricultural economics: Still a distinct
field?
Presentations:
Jayson Lusk, “Do NGOs represent the public? Consumer
preference for genetically modified food in the U.S. and
Europe. An experimental test of the commitment cost theory.”
Jay Akridge, “Fee-based services: Compatibility and
complementary with other extension products.”
George Patrick, “Starting undergraduate teaching
after 50.”
Otto Doering, “Job hunting as a two-way street, candidates
should interview employers.”
Frank Dooley and Jay Akridge, “Internet and e-commerce
adoption by agricultural input firms.”
Betina Dimanaran, Thomas Hertel and Roman Keeney, “OECD
domestic support and the developing countries.”
Thomas Hertel, Jeffrey Reimer, and Ernesto Valenzuela,
“Incorporating commodity stockholding behavior into
a short-run general equilibrium model of the global economy.”
Frank Dooley and Angela Krueger, “Effect of identity
preservation and competitive response on grain elevator
profitability.”
Maria Marshall, “Endogenous protection in the Mexican
corn and sorghum markets.”
Monica Fisher and Gerald Shively, “Do tropical forests
provide a safety net? Income shocks and forest extraction
in Malawi.”
Anatoliy Skripnitchenko and Philip Abbott, “Preferential
trade arrangements in apparel exports from the Caribbean
to the U.S.: A dynamic investment approach.”
Nathan Loper, Philip Abbott and Ken Foster, “Preferential
trade of agricultural commodities in the Caribbean basin.”
Michael Gunderson, “Profitability of agricultural
lending relationships.”
James Binkley, “A day without FAFH is a day with
better nutrition: A Comparison of two-day intakes.”
Thomas Hertel, Paul Preckel and Maros Ivanic, “Short-
vs. long-run implications of trade liberalization for poverty
in three developing countries.”
Philip Paarlberg, “Price behavior in corn market
with identify preserved types.”
Carlos Ludena, Kevin McNamara, Ken Foster and Allen Hammer,
“Development of a stochastic model to evaluate plant
growers’ enterprise budgets.”
Augustine Langyintuo, James Lowenberg-DeBoer and Channing
Arndt, “Potential impacts of the proposed west African
monetary zone on cowpea trade in west and central Africa.”
Amelia West and Marshall Martin, “An optimal corn
rootworm scouting program for improved profitability of
area wide pest management in the eastern corn belt.”
Dayton Lambert and James Lowenberg-DeBoer, “Spatial
regression models for yield monitor data: A case study from
Argentina.”
Ana Rios and George Patrick, “Evaluating risk management
alternatives for Indiana corn producers.”
Tahirou Abdoulaye and John Sanders, “Improving marketing
strategies to accelerate technological change for the basic
cereal: The Niger case.”
Publications:
Han, Y. and T.W. Hertel, 2003. “The Puzzling State
of China’s Meat Trade,” Choices, 2nd quarter.
Lusk, J.L., R. Little, A. Williams, J. Anderson, and B.
McKinley. “Utilizing Live Animal Ultrasound to Improve
Livestock Marketing Decisions.” Review of Agricultural
Economics. 25(203):203-217.
Lusk, J.L. and J.D. Anderson, “Modeling the Effects
of Country of Origin Labeling on Meat Producers and Consumers.”
Staff Paper #03-07. Department of Agricultural Economics,
Purdue University. June 2003.
Gregory K. Price and John M. Connor, “Modeling Coupon
Values for Ready-To-Eat Breakfast Cereals”, Agribusiness,
Vol. 19(2) 223-243 (2003).
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers:
Kevin T. McNamara traveled to Kabul Afghanistan in June
and July to work with faculty in the Faculty of Agriculture
at Kabul University on curriculum development. While in
Afghanistan, Dr. McNamara also worked on a University of
California-Davis horticulture marketing assessment being
conducted to identify production needs and opportunities
to improve farm income. Dave Sammons, Purdue International
Programs in Agriculture, joined Dr. McNamara in Afghanistan
to work on assessing the agriculture curriculum needs.
Gerry Harrison delivered a presentation on “Business
Entity Choices” at the Annual International Consultants
Conference, August 4, 2003 at the University Inn, West Lafayette.
Janet Ayres participated in the Community Development Society
Annual Meeting held at Cornell University, July 20-23. Dr.
Ayres serves on the Board of Directors. She also presented
a paper on ‘Strategic Visioning’ and served
as Moderator on two sessions. About 360 people attended
the meetings.
Janet Ayres is serving as a Senior Fellow with the North
Central Regional Rural Development Center located at Iowa
State University. This appointment involves one-third of
her time for one year. She will be developing multi-state
research and extension programs in community.
Job Announcements:
Rutgers: Research Associate – Economics of Innovation
in Agricultural Biotech
Mississippi State University: Assist/Assoc Extension Professor:
1) Enterprise & Community Resource Development, 2) Community
Resource Development
University of Vermont: Extension faculty position in Agricultural
Marketing
University of Illinois: Program Coordinator, Farm Risk Mgmt
Research and Outreach
Purdue University: Dept of Consumer Sciences and Retailing
– Assist Prof – E-Commerce
University of Arizona: Cardon Chair in Agricultural Economics
and Policy
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Three positions: Land Economics,
Environmental, Economics of Entrepreneurship
University of Florida: Lecturer (2 positions)
Purdue Extension Service: see website listed below
Career and Job Sites on the Internet:
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