Awards

Faculty and Staff Awards and Recognition

University Awards and Recognition

Susan Wolcott, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2022-2023
Barry Jones, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2022-2023
Zili Yang, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2021-2022
Neha Khanna, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2019-2020
Wei Xiao, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2016-2017
Joanne Ardune, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service, 2014-2015
Barry Jones, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013-2014
Florenz Plassmann, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006-2007
Ken Christianson, Provost's Teaching Award, 2005-2006
Solomon Polachek, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004-2005
Stanley Masters, ��ý Council and Foundation Award, 2003
Robert Meville, ��ý Council and Foundation Award, 1990
Clifford R. Kern, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1973-1974

External Awards and Recognition

Subal Kumbhakar, Fellow, Society for Economic Measurement (SEM), 2023 - present
Neha Khanna, Distinguished Member Award by the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA), 2021
Subal Kumbhakar, recognized as top 2% of all researchers in the world by a 2021 Stanford University Study.
Hwan-sik Choi, Info-Metrics Institute Research Prize (in Memory of Halbert L. White Jr.), The Info-Metrics Institute at American University, 2017

Graduate Student Awards

Md Shahadath Hossain, Alice Trost Dissertation Award, 2022-2023
Md Shahadath Hossain, Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research, 2022-2023
Elisa Taveras Pena, Alice Trost Dissertation Award, 2021-2022
Elisa Taveras Pena, Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research, 2021-2022
Daniela Monge Navarro, Graduate Student Excellence Award in Teaching, 2021-2022
Ruohao Zhang, Alice Trost Dissertation Award, 2020 - 2021
Alan Adelman, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2020-2021
Ruohao Zhang, Graduate Student Award for Execllence in Research, 2020-2021
Luis Chanci, Alice Trost Dissertation Award, 2019 - 2020
Elisa Taveras Pena, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2019-2020
Duong Le, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2018 - 2019
Nusrat Jimi, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2018- 2019
Agnitra Roy Choudhury, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017-2018
Leila Salarpour-Goodzari, Edward H. Prentice Award, 2016-2017
Marlon Tracey, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2015-2016
Jermaine Moulton, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2015-2016
Man Jin, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2014-2015
Daniel Parisian, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013-2014
Michael Delgado, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2011-2012
Lori Anderson, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010-2011
Gene Birz, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2008-2009
Daria Sevastianova, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006-2007
Areil Belasen, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005-2006
Christopher Parmeter, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2005-2006
Alexandre Olbrecht, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004-2005
Kiril Tochkov, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004-2005

Undergraduate Student Awards

University and SUNY Awards

Molin Qin, Provost's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2022-2023
Che Sun, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2017-2018
Che Sun, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2017-208
Yonglin Liang, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2016-2017
Robert Clark, Provost's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2015-2016
Justin Mulvaney, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2014-2015
Mallory Mecca, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2013-2014
Mallory Mecca, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2012-2013
Taylor Arluck, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2012-2013
Taylor Arluck, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2011-2012
Yevgeny Bam, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2008-2009
Yevgeny Bam, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2008-2009
Bernard Provost, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2001-2002

Annual Economics Department Awards

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

Clifford R. Kern Award for Academic Excellence in Economics - Lina Morse
Clifford R. Kern Award for Academic Excellence in Economics - Molin Qin
J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Molin Qin
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Aidan Jorgensen
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Joseph Volpe

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022

Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Bingxin Chen
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Garrick Lee
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Sean McAlrney
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Mayumi Tan
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Liam Tarzy
Honors Thesis 2022 - Zurez Memon

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021

The Clifford R. Kern Award for Academic Excellence in Economics - Megan Nestor
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Christopher Hayes
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Michelle Zhou

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019 - 2020

The Clifford R. Kern Award for Academic Excellence in Economics - Hannah Werner
J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis – Hannah Werner
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Jerray Chang
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Kevin Henneberger
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Dylan Saez
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Isaac Wecht
Robert and Karen Lovejoy Economics Scholarship: Megan Carrie, Jonathan Chen, Thomas Deignan, David Dropkin, Andrew Jacobi

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018 - 2019

J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Din Becevic
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Jason Goldberg
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Jennifer Gunning
Robert and Karen Lovejoy Economics Scholarship - Vanessa Olivo
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - David Titus

ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 - 2018

Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Che Sun
Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Gregory Scala
J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Min Jeong Kim
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Min Jeong Kim
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Emmanuel Davis
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Tina Szpicek

ACADEMIC YEAR 2016 - 2017

Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Yonglin (Pauline) Liang
J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Rica Zeitoune
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Kyle Loftus
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Rossella Scarpa
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Rica Zeitoune

ACADEMIC YEAR 2015 - 2016

Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Robert Clark
J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Robert Clark
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Martina Kotzavekiaris
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Brian Phung
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Brandon S. Young

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014 - 2015

J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Kelly D. Hyde
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Yujun Chen
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Kelly D. Hyde
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Richard J. Tarr

ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014

Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Ethan Feilich
J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Ethan Feilich
Distinguished Achievement in Economics -Daniel Curreri
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Carly Galek
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Mallory Mecca

ACADEMIC YEAR 2012 - 2013

J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Melanie Rosenberg
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Jinjing Tian

ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012

J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Andrew Netter
Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Apoorva Rama
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Nicholas Brosnan
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Ziwei He
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Tara Marie Lynch

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 - 2011

J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Nicolas Ries
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Nicolas Brosnan

ACADEMIC YEAR 2009 - 2010

J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Howard Sider
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Allison Rapp
Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Caitlyn Edmundson

Honors Thesis

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

Alexander Larson, "Gifted and Talented Programming: Fulfilling Students' Potentials or Increasing Achievement Gaps?" (Advisor: Slichter)
Lina Morse, "Applying the European Central Bank's Second Pillar to the United Kingdom: Can Money Supply be Used as a Reference for Price Stability? (Advisor: Jones)
Molin Qin, "Energy Security Improvements through Electric Vehicle" (Advisor: Scott)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021

Theodora Catrina, "The Impact of ��ý's Downtown Center on the City of ��ý" (Advisor: Kern)
Sharon Itin, "How has Digitalization Across Occupations in the Labor Force Influenced Wages and Employment Opportunities?" (Advisor: Kuhn)
Megan Nestor, "Gender Differences: A Study of Interstate Variation of Undergraduate STEM Majors" (Advisor: Polachek)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020

Joseph Smith, "Waterfront Revitalization: Exploring the Links Between Neighborhood Revitalization policy and Gentrification in Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Brooklyn" (Advisor: Kern)
Hannah Werner, "The Effect of Law Enforcement Officials on Marijuana Use: Do Police Actually Deter Marijuana Use?" (Advisor: Polachek)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019

Din Becevic, "Liquidity, Momentum and the Cross Section of Expected Stock Returns" (Advisor: Rydqvist)
Jerray Chang, "Nonparametric Modeling of Returns to Schooling: An Application to Two South African Labor Surveys" (Advisor: Korolev)
Ryan Porti, "Internment of Japanese-Americans: Causal Impact on Educational Attainment" (Advisor: Polachek)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018

Christopher Almeida, "Measuring the Effects of Dollarization on Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guinea-Bissau" (Advisor: Hanes)
Minjeong (Joyce) Kim, "The Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Program and Household Use of Child Labor" (Advisor: Slichter)
Che Sun, "The Environmental External Costs of Uber: Evidence from the United States" (Advisor: Bottan)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017

Yonglin (Pauline) Liang, "Effects of the Urban Resident Pension Scheme on Household Finance in China" (Advisor: Nikolov)
Benjamin Rifkin, "What is the Price Effect of Zoning?" (Advisor: Carrion-Flores)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2015-2016

Robert Clark, "Accounting for Racial Achievement Gaps Across Differing Cognitive Tests" (Advisor: Polachek)
Yuyang Cui, "The Impact of Urbanization Level and Political Performance on Air Pollution" (Advisor: Zhou)
Nicholas L. Doran, "How the Euro Helped the Eurozone Crisis Unfold" (Advisor: Wolcott)
Jiahui Hu, "The Sentdown and Social Mobility in Urban China" (Advisor: Urquhart)
Gregory R. Mongan, "Has the Relationship Between Repo Rates and the Federal Funds Rate Changed: Post-Financial Crisis?" (Advisor: Hanes)
Thanh M Pham, "Does competition influence airline on time performances?" (Advisor: Pape)
Rica R. Zeitoune, "Droit de Suite: A Moral Crisis" (Advisor: Kern)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

Jessica M. Adelman, "The Relationship Between Healthcare Access and Food Expenditure: a Cross-State Comparison" (Advisor: Ghosh)
Kelly D. Hyde, "Time Scarcity and Optimization: An Experimental Analysis" (Advisor: Nikolov/Wolcott)
Veenra Minnal, "The Effect of Injury on the Point Spread Market in the National Football League" (Advisor: Parisian)
Kassandra M. Smykowski, "The Impact of Trust on Trade During an Economic Shock" (Advisor: Wolcott)
Richard John Tarr, "The Federal Funds Market After the Great Recession" (Advisor: Hanes)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014

Ethan J. Feilich, "Divided We Fall? Exploring the Relationship between Wage Inequality and Recessions" (Advisor: Jones)
Aimee Mun, "The Impact of M-Pesa on Financial Inclusion in Kenya" (Advisor: Wolcott)
Aaron A. Stauter, "Revenue Sharing and Competitive Balance: A Case Study of Major League Baseball" (Advisor: Masters/Kern)
Andrew J. Topal, "The Effects of Finance on Social Welfare" (Advisor: Hanes)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013

Mikhail Gurtovoy, "Econometric Sins: Ordinal Scales in Cardinal Regressions" (Advisor: Plassmann)
Melanie N. Rosenberg, "Health Consequences of the Shifting American Diet" (Advisor: Flores-Lagunes)
Eric T. Wuu, "The Impact of Market Structure and Firm Financial Performance on Environmental Compliance" (Advisor: Carrion-Flores)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012

Apoorva S. Rama, "Economic Cost of the Iraq War" (Advisor: Kumbhakar)
Mark R. Gordon, "The Effects of Parent Structure on Education Outcomes: Understanding the Disadvantages Faced by Students in Non-Nuclear Household" (Advisor: Amin)
Ziwei He, "Health as a Non-Economic Return to Education" (Advisor: Amin)
Tara-Marie Lynch, "Economics of Conflict: ETA vs. Spain" (Advisor: Pape)
Andrew Netter, "A VAR Model of the Swedish Economy" (Advisor: Jones)
Maxin Pekarskiy, "Familiarity and Altruism: Self-Interest vs. Teamwork within a Public Goods Framework" (Advisor: Pape)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011

Baldini, Gregory A., “Irrational Consumer Demand: An Agent-Based Examination” (Advisor: Pape)
George Gilbert, “Commodity Prices as Predictors of Inflation” (Advisor: Hanes)
Julian Goetz, “Geopolitical Risks on the China-India Border and Implications for Rural Health Quality” (Advisor: Wolcott)
Constantine Grivoyannis “Determining Factors of People's Attitudes towards Paying Taxes Willingly” (Advisor: Kern)
Nicolas Ries, “Race and Redistribution of Income in the U.S.” (Advisor: Jones)
Geoffrey Zee, “Assimilation and Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Generations” (Advisor: Amin)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-2010

Alex Casale, “Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings” (Advisor: Kern)
John Hargraves, “The Impact of the Aids Epidemic on Acceptance of Homosexuality in the United States” (Advisor: Kern)
Abu Nayeem, “Does Anti-Whaling Activity Save the Whales?” (Advisor: Khanna, Pete Knuepfer)
Howard Sider, “Rich Team, Poor Team: Team Revenues in Major League Baseball” (Advisor: Masters)
Josh Warren, “Pricing in Local Gasoline Markets” (Advisor: Pape)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009

Yevgeny Bam, “Housing Affordability in Urban China” (Advisor: Kern, John Frazier)
Erin Grochocki, “The Montana Meth Project: An Economic Analysis” (Advisor: Plassmann)
Jennifer Johnston,” Crime on College Campuses: An Economic Perspective” (Advisor: Polachek)
Kaitlin Quail, “How the Classification of a Prescription Drug by Duration Influences the Type of Drug Prescribed” (Advisor: Ghosh)

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