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2022-2023 Committees

Nominating Committee (Responsible for assembling a slate of candidates to stand for election as Officers and Board Members and for filling open committee slots)

• Chair: AERE Vice President Mary Evans, University of Texas at Austin
• Harrison Fell, North Carolina State University
• Lily Hsueh, Arizona State University
• David Rapson, University of California, Davis

• Chair: Beia Spiller, Resources for the Future
• Nick Kuminoff, Arizona State University
• Teevrat Garg, University of California, San Diego
• Martin Heintzelman, University of Delaware
• Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Graduate Student Engagement Committee

• Co-Chair: Sathya Gopalakrishnan, Ohio State University
• Co-Chair: Sarah Jacobson, Williams College
• Jerico Fiestas-Flores, University of Alberta
• Vikrant Kamble, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Jancy Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Tosin Olofinsao, University of New Mexico

GSE Advisory Board

• Alivia Cochran, University of Wyoming
• Michael Gibson, University of Maryland
• Giulio Farolfi, Clark University
• Michael Meneses, Cornell University
• Sampriti Sarkar, Michigan State University

AERE Scholars Program Committee

• Chair: Jill Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University
• Nathan Chan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Steven Dundas, Oregon State University
• Matthew Gibson, Williams College
• Lynne Lewis, Bates College
• Daniel Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin

Oates Dissertation Award Committee (Responsible for selecting the winner of the Oates Dissertation Award annually)

• Casey Wichman, Georgia Tech University, expires 12/31/2023
• Katherine Carson, US Air Force Academy, expires 12/31/2023
• Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Arizona State University, expires 12/31/2024

• David Keiser, University of Massachusetts Amherst, expires 12/31/2024

   

Publication of Enduring Quality (PEQ) Award Committee (Responsible for selecting the winner of the PEQ Award annually)

• Chair: Will Wheeler, U.S. EPA, expires 6/30/2024
• Klaus Moeltner, Virginia Tech, expires 6/30/2025

• Ashley Langer, University of Arizona, expires 6/30/2025

Best JAERE Paper Award Committee (Responsible for selecting the winner of the Best JAERE Award annually)

• JAERE Co-Editor: Christian Vossler, University of Tennessee, expires 6/30/2023
• JAERE Co-Editor: Nick Kuminoff, Arizona State University, expires 6/30/2023
• AERE member: Nathan Chan, University of Massachusetts Amherst, expires 6/30/2024

[email protected] Program Committee

• Chair: Alicia Rosburg, University of Northern Iowa, expires 6/30/2023
• Gabriel Lade, Macalester College, expires 6/30/2024

[email protected] Program Committee

• Chair: Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Resources for the Future, expires 12/31/2023
• Benjamin Jones, University of New Mexico, expires 12/31/2024

AERE Sessions at Regional Meetings

• [email protected]: Jimena Gonzalez, Manhattan College
• [email protected]: Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• [email protected]: Brian Vander Naald, Drake University
• [email protected]: Noelwah R. Netusil, Reed College

Advisory Committee for 2023 AERE Summer Conference (Responsible for advising the AERE Summer Conference Organizing Committee)

• AERE President Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University
• AERE President Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future
• AERE Vice President Mary Evans, University of Texas at Austin
• AERE Treasurer David A. Evans, Federal Government Economist 
• AERE Board Member Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University

Organizing Committee for 2023 AERE Summer Conference (Responsible for organizing the AERE Summer Conference)

• Sarah Jacobson, Williams College
• David Keiser, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• AERE Board Member Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University