Awards and Recognition

Research

Award: 2021 George Goldman Award
Awarding Org: Community and Regional Economics Network of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Purpose: Recognize excellence in regional economic development.
Paper: The Kids are Alright: Working Women, Schedule Flexibility, and Child Care

Award: 2021 Dan Rickman Award
Awarding Org: The Review of Regional Studies
Purpose: Awarded to the best paper of the year published in the journal.
Paper: Regional Level Social Capital and Business Survival Rates

Award: 2020 Miernyk Research Excellence Medal
Awarding Org: Southern Regional Science Association
Purpose: Awarded to the best paper led by a junior faculty member.
Paper: Entrepreneurship, Broadband and Gender: Evidence from Establishment Births in Rural America (Formerly titled “The Need for Speed: Rural Broadband and Entrepreneurship by Business Size and Gender.”)

Outreach

Award: 2020 Quality of Teaching Team Award
Awarding Org: Wisconsin Extension Environmental & Community Development Assoc.
Purpose: Recognize an outstanding team teaching effort in an educational setting such as in‐service, series of workshops, or facilitated group learning.
Team: Tessa Conroy, Steven Deller, Matt Kures, and Kristin Runge (Economic Development Administration-University Center team members)

Teaching

Award: 2018-2019 Excellence in Teaching
Awarding Org: Taylor-Hibbard Club
Purpose: Graduate student organization recognizes excellence in teaching in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
Course: AAE 215 Introduction to Agricultural and Applied Economics

Award: Honored Instructor Award Fall 2017
Awarding Org: University Housing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Purpose: Recognize outstanding classroom instructors.
Course: AAE 215 Introduction to Agricultural and Applied Economics

Award: Fall 2017 Women’s Basketball “Guest Coach”
Awarding Org: The Office of Academic Services and Women’s Basketball program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Purpose: Recognize positive impact on a student-athlete.
Course: AAE 215 Introduction to Agricultural and Applied Economics