The Department of Economics at Iowa State University was honored through numerous recognitions at the recent Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) 2012 Awards & Fellows Recognition Ceremony in Seattle, Washington, August 12 - August 14.

John Schroeter, department interim chair and professor of economics said, “I was able to attend the awards program in Seattle and had the pleasure of seeing several of our department’s faculty and staff recognized for accomplishments in a broad range of categories. It was a very nice tribute to both the quality and the diversity of the work that we do in agricultural and applied economics.”

Awardees include the following:

• Professor Helen Jensen - AAEA Fellow
• Professor Brent Kreider (shared award with two co-authors) - Outstanding Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy Article Award
• Professor GianCarlo Moschini - Quality of Communication Award
• Professor Wallace Huffman - Quality of Communication Award (Honorable Mention)
• Professors Joseph Herriges, Catherine Kling, Dan Otto; John Downing (ISU) and Kevin Egan (University of Toledo) - Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis
• Farm management team members Tim Eggers, Robert Wells, and Kelvin Leibold (shared with others from Universities of Missouri and Illinois) - Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award
• Agricultural Business Club - Outstanding Undergraduate Club and Academic Quiz Bowl Champions

The AAEA, formerly the American Agricultural Economics Association, is the main professional association serving the interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics.