Economics Faculty Academic Honors and Awards

Kerry Back

J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Finance and Professor of , 2014.

Charles River Associates Award for the Best Paper on Corporate Finance, Western Finance Association, 2014.

Executive Masters in Manufacturing Management Reid Teaching Award, Olin School of Business, 2001.

Executive M.B.A. Reid Teaching Award, Olin School of Business, 1997, 1999.

Professional M.B.A. Reid Teaching Award, Olin School of Business, 1998.

Jones Graduate School of Business Scholarship Excellence Award, 2013.

Mays Business School Outstanding Research Award, 2007.

Kentucky Economic Association Distinguished Economist, 2000.

Washington University Distinguished Faculty Member, 1999.

Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award, Review of Financial Studies, Society of Financial Studies, 1993.

Batterymarch Fellow, 1991-92.

Maria Bejan

Malcolm Gillis Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2019.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Business School, 2006-2010.

MBA Excellence in Teaching Award, ITAM, Mexico, 2006-2010. Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Carlos III de Madrid, 2001-2002.

Michele Biavati

Malcolm Gillis Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2020.

Award for Excellence in Teaching, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), 2008- 2010.

Nina Bokova

Teaching Award: 1st prize among all compulsory undergraduate courses, University of Bonn, 2015

Teaching Award: 1st prize in the course “Introduction to Microeconomics,” University of Bonn, 2015

Bryan (Bill) Brown

Reginald Henry Hargrove Professor of Economics, 1992.

James Brown

George R. Brown Certificate of Highest Merit, 2018.

Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation Piper Professor Award, 2018.

George R. Brown Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009, 2017.

George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013.

Sarah A. Burnett Teaching Prize in the Social Sciences, 2010.

H. Gregg Lewis Prize (best paper published in the Journal of Labor Economics over a two-year period, with Aubrey Light), 1993

Rossella Calvi

Ralph O’Connor Award for Distinction in Teaching and Research in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2020.

UWIN Best Paper Award on Gender Economics, UniCredit and Universities Foundation, 2016.

Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award, Boston College, 2014.

Amelie Carlton

Sarah A. Burnett Teaching Prize in the Social Sciences, 2019.

2 Malcolm Gillis Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2017.

Highest Ranking Teacher, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, 2011-2013.

Maura Coughlin

Anindya (Bappu) Majumder ’98 Memorial Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Cornell University, 2019.

Ernest Liu Family Outstanding Teaching Award, Cornell University, 2018.

L.R. “Red" Wilson Excellence in Economics Medal, Cornell University 2016.

Flávio Cunha

Ervin K. Zingler Chair of Economics, 2019.

Ralph O’Connor Award for Distinction in Teaching and Research in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2017.

Frisch Medal (best paper published in over a five-year period, awarded every two years, with and ), , 2014.

Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching (University of Pennsylvania), 2010.

James DeNicco

Nicholas Salgo Outstanding Teaching Award, 2018.

Sarah A. Burnett Teaching Prize in the Social Sciences, 2018.

Malcolm Gillis Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2016.

Mahmoud El-Gamal

Chair of Islamic Economics, Finance and Management, 1998.

Hülya Eraslan

Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review, 2016, 2018.

Panelist, National Science Foundation, 2015, 2016.

Ralph O’Connor Professor, 2015.

Jeremy Fox

Shatto Endowed Chair of Economics, Rice University Economics Department, 2020.

3 Panelist, National Science Foundation, 2019, 2020.

Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review, 2012.

Peter Hartley

George A. Peterkin Chair, 2019.

George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Development, 2007-2019.

Campbell Watkins Award (best paper published in the Energy Journal), International Association for Energy Economics, 2016.

President, International Association for Energy Economics, 2015.

President, U.S. Association for Energy Economics, 2012.

Senior Fellow Award, U.S. Association for Energy Economics, 2011.

Best paper published in Economic Record, Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, 1993.

Yinghua He

Best paper published in the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, 2019.

Young Researcher in Economics Prize, La Fondation Banque de France, 2014.

Vivian Ho

Elected to the National Academy of Medicine, 2020.

Justin F. Kimball Patient Protection Award, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, 2018.

Healthcare Advocacy Award, Doctors for Change, Houston, Texas, 2017.

Article of the Year Award: Policy Category, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, 2016.

James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, 2004.

Finalist, Teacher of the Year, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2001, 2004.

Yunmi Kong

Malcolm Gillis Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2018.

Ted Loch-Temzelides

George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Development, 2019. 4 Collegiate Teaching Award, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, 1999.

Mallesh Pai

Best paper published in the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, 2020.

Ralph O’Connor Award for Distinction in Teaching and Research in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2018.

Irving B. Kravis Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching (University of Pennsylvania), 2015.

Isabelle Perrigne

Arnold Zellner Award (best paper on theoretical published in the Journal of Econometrics), 2003.

Robin Sickles

Ralph O’Connor Award for Distinction in Teaching and Research in Economics, RISE (Rice Initiative for the Study of Economics), 2019.

Reginald Henry Hargrove Chair in Economics, 2008.

All Star Papers for 1989-1999, Journal of Econometrics.

Graduate Student Association Mentoring Award, Rice University, 1998.

Xun Tang

Henry S. Fox Sr. Chair of Economics, 2019.

Honorable Mention, Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic Statistics, 2009.

Matt Thirkettle

Ernest Liu Family Outstanding Teaching Award, Cornell University, 2018.

L.R. “Red” Wilson MA ‘67 Excellence in Economics Medal, Cornell University, 2016.

Tapan Mitra Economics Prize, Cornell University, 2016.

George Zodrow

Steven D. Gold Award (contributions to state and local public finance in research and public policy making), National Tax Association, 2009.

Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Chair of Economics, 2007.

5 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Government Finance and Taxation, National Taxation Association, 1980.

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