NAREA Condemns Violence and Discrimination Against Members of the AAPI Community and Reaffirms its Commitment to Inclusion

April 2021

NAREA leadership speaks out in the strongest possible terms against the rise in violence and discrimination against people who identify, or are identified, as Asian, Asian American, Pacific Islanders, or related groups (AAPI). We also express particular support for people from these identities who also identify as women, as the recent killings in the Atlanta area highlight the horrific interaction between misogyny and racism. AAPI individuals of all gender identifications are valued members of the NAREA community and we affirm that our association is a venue that is safe, welcoming, and respectful for AAPI scholars as it is for all scholars.

NAREA reaffirms its commitment to inclusion by taking the following actions to ensure that all scholars feel welcome in the NAREA community.

Going forward, NAREA leadership (the President and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee) will hold periodic listening sessions at least twice each year to learn how NAREA can be a better professional home for all members, particularly for members from underrepresented and historically underserved groups including the AAPI community. We are planning the next listening session for May 2021, with a specific date and time to be announced soon.
NAREA will review and expand its existing anti-racism and inclusion efforts to act on feedback provided during the May 2021 listening session.

NAREA members are encouraged to reach out to the NAREA President and/or the Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee with concerns or requests for other actions.

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Special Issue 2021: “Social Justice in Agricultural and Environmental Economics”

ARER is publishing a special issue on the intersection of social justice with agriculture, food, natural resources, rural communities, development, and the environment. The attached call for papers highlights several research themes that are especially welcome. The closing date for submissions is November 1, 2020. Invited contributors include Jill McCluskey, Samuel Myers Jr., Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, and Maximo Torero. The guest editors are Angelino Viceisza and Miesha Williams.

2020 NAREA Award Winners

Master's Thesis Awards

The Master's Thesis Committee awarded two Outstanding Master's Thesis awards this year instead of the usual one outstanding award and one award of merit. This is because the two top theses this year were essentially tied in the rankings by the committee. Each student receives a $250 prize.

Julia Dumaine (University of Connecticut), "Understanding Trade-Offs between Built and Natural Assets in Coastal Management Projects for Inland, Coastal Residents using Latent Class Modeling Techniques: An Application to the Connecticut Coastline"

Rashmit Arora (Penn State University), "Assessing the Viability of Meat Alternatives to Mitigate the Societal Concerns Associated with Animal Agriculture in India"

Annual Meeting Best Presentation Awards

There are two best presentation/paper awards, one for a student and one for a young scholar. Each award winner receives a $400 prize, a plaque recognizing the accomplishment, and if they submit their paper to ARER, expedited review and, if accepted, waiver of APC charges.

Student Best Presentation Award: Louis Sears (Cornell University), "Groundwater Under Open Access: A Structural Model of the Dynamic Common Pool Extraction Game"

Young Scholar Best Presentation Award: Belinda Archibong (Barnard College, Columbia University), "The Politics and Economic Burden of Epidemic Disease: Evidence from the Meningitis Belt"

Factsheets on COVID-19

NAREA is soliciting research and factsheets on the impact of COVID-19 on employment and production activities including, but not limited to, agriculture, resource management, and food supply chains. The factsheets will undergo an expedited review before being posted on our website. Click here to view the COVID-19 factsheets that have been posted.

If you would like to contribute a factsheet on this topic, please email NAREA President Gal Hochman (gal.hochman@rutgers.edu) and let him know of the topic you would like to post on this webpage. Please also reach out to NAREA if there is specific information regarding COVID-19 that you would like us to find and place on the webpage.

Welcome to NAREA

NAREA is a professional association of agricultural and resource economists founded in 1981 that is affiliated with the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. The purpose of NAREA is to stimulate and promote education and research on economic and social problems related to the production, marketing and consumption of agricultural products; natural resource use; the environment, and rural economic development; and the interrelation of the agricultural and rural sectors with the rest of the economy. The association currently has over 200 members. While many members live and work in the Northeast U.S. and Maritime Provinces of Canada, the Association membership now includes agricultural and resource economists from all over the world.

The Association publishes the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review and holds an annual meeting in June of each year. The Board of Directors meets twice a year; at the annual June meeting and again in the fall.

For more information on the organization, sponsoring departments, journal, board of directors, and the annual meeting please see the links provided above and on the right.

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