Ag Econ-O-Gram

April 20, 2007

ANNUAL FACULTY MEETING
May 10 (Thurs), Kellogg Center, Centennial ABC.  The meeting will begin with a light lunch at 12:00 noon.  Please RSVP to Ann Robinson.

DISSERTATION AWARD
Dr. Rui M.S. Benfica, now the chief poverty economist for the World Bank in Maputo, Mozambique, received the Gill-Chin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Global Studies. Dr. David Tschirley, was his major professor.

PUBLICATIONS
Jake Ferris and Satish V. Joshi, presented a paper, “Agriculture as a Source of Fuel—Prospects and Impacts, 2007 to 2017,” at a Biofuels, Food & Feed Tradeoffs Conference.

AAAEA PAPERS
Call for Papers at the Second Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists in Accra, Ghana, 20-22 August, 2007.   www.aaae-africa.org

SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS
Piedmont Environmental Council (www.pecva.org    http://www.pecva.org/) is accepting applications for its summer Land Use Fellowship Program. There are also more specialized, project-based GIS internships.

SUMMER INTERNSHIP
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions is seeking an intern for summer 2007 with interest in climate change policy and environmental economics.  See http://www.env.duke.edu/institute for more information.  To apply: Send resume and letter (email preferred) to Brian Murray, Director for Economic Analysis, bcmurray@duke.edu , tel: 919-613-8725 by May 8, 2007.

FELLOWSHIPS
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s Junior Faculty Grant Program awards one-year grants of $60,000 each to support untenured, full-time tenure-track junior faculty engaged in research and writing of scholarly books.  For further info, go to www.srf.org.  Deadline:  June 29, 2007.

Cite Seeing
According to Google Scholar, Scott Loveridge and AC Selting’s article on decomposing local growth, published in the International Regional Science Review, 1998, was cited 27 times.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES (Details available from Pat Neumann for 30 days)

INFORMA ECONOMICS has an Entry Level Consulting Position.  A consulting firm focused in the areas of food, agriculture, agribusiness, transportation and energy seeks candidates in its project consulting group.  For more info, go to www.informaeconomics.com.  Interested prospects should send a cover letter and C.V. to John Whims, Ph.D.: john.whims@informaecon.com, or call 901-766-4529

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, seeks:
Extension Associate, non-tenure track, in the Office of Local Government.  Deadline:  Review begins April 20, 2007 & continued until the position if filled.  For more info, go to http://www.ksu.edu.

Extension Associate, Local Economic Development and Analysis Department of Agricultural Economics.  View announcement:
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/olg/Extension%20Associate%20Announcement.pdf

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY-Extension:
POS ID #1558 - Integrated Fruit Practices/IPM District Extension Educator, located in Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station, Traverse City, MI.  Available:  July 1, 2007.  Deadline:  May 18, 2007.

MID SOUTH DELTA INITIATIVE, Evaluation/Policy Manager.  View announcement: http://www.msdi.org/employment/

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Berea College, seeks Moore Chair in Entrepreneurship and Management Entrepreneurship for the Public Good Program.  View announcement: http://srdc.msstate.edu/news/jobs/moore_berea.doc

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, is seeking a Dept. Head, (#0000541) Deadline:  April 30, 2007.  Available July 1, 2007.  For more info, go to http://oregonstate.edu/jobs.

PRUDENTIAL MORTGAGE CAPITAL CO (PMCC), the Agricultural Investments unit, seeks for an Agriculture Investment Analyst (Lisle, IL); a spring 2007 graduate candidate with a M.S. degree in agricultural finance, economics, or equivalent curriculum; A farm or ranch background, or similar experience, is preferable.  Available:  Now.  For more info. go to:  http://www.prudential.com.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M Agriculture; View Associate Director announcement: http://srdc.msstate.edu/news/jobs/tx_intag.pdf

Associate Professor/Professor and Extension Economist Community Economic Development Texas A&M University View announcement: http://srdc.msstate.edu/news/jobs/tamu_econdev.pdf

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, (San Antonio, TX), Dept of Economics; one visiting Assistant Professor position starting Fall 2007; in the field of econometrics. For more info, go to:  http://business.utsa.edu/jobs/

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, Director, Western Rural Development Center.  View announcement: https://jobs.usu.edu (Req #050671)

WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Extension Specialist, Sustainable Economic Development.  View announcement:
http://aceop.wvstateu.edu/documents/CREDExtensionSpecialistfinalWEBONLY3
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ll announcements should be sent to Pat Neumann, Editor, in room 219 Ag. Hall or e-mail: neumannp@msu.edu  NO LATER than 12 noon on Thursday; after 12, they will be in the next BI-WEEKLY edition.