MCRSA Awards
The Board of Directors has updated the awards bestowed by the MCRSA and developed additional nomination procedures and guidelines. The update has transformed several “traditional” award categories and created several new awards. Awards available:
M. Jarvin Emerson Student Paper Competition
MCRSA Leadership Award
MCRSA Distinguished Service Award
Early Career Award
Research Impact Award
Distinguished Fellow
Awards Structure and Guidance Statement
| Year | Award / Recipient |
| 2024 | Leadership Award: Candi Clouse Early Career Award: Christelle Khalaf, Associate Director, Government Finance Research Center, University of Illinois Chicago. Research Impact Award for the Outstanding Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy article: Dean Stansel for (2019) “Economic freedom in US metropolitan areas.” 49 (1): 40-48. Student Paper Competition First Place: Caroline Welter & Daniel Centuriao, West Virginia University, for “Assessing the Cost of Urban Climate Resilience: An Analysis of the NYC Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience (FiDi) Master Plan Implementation.” Student Paper Competition Second Place: Pei-Jyun Lu and Mark Skidmore, Michigan State University, Efficacy analysis of cloud seeding program in Kansas agriculture. Honorable Mention Student Paper: The Impact of Right to Work Laws on Politics Jonah Nelson, St. Olaf College |
| 2023 | Leadership Award: Sumei Zhang Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Distinguished Fellow Award presented to Joshua Hall Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Early Career Award presented to Amir Neto Research Impact Award for the Most Outstanding Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy Article: Amanda Weinstein. (2014) “Local labor market restructuring in the shale boom.” 44(1), 71-92. Student Paper Competition First Place: Kile Byington, University of Akron for “Beyond the Dollar: Quantifying the effect of Ohio library operating levy revenue” Student Paper Competition Second Place: Rebecca Weir, University of Minnesota for “County level economic impacts from a loss in the number of dairy farms” |
| 2022 | Leadership Award: Craig Carpenter Distinguished Service Award: Joshua Hall Distinguished Fellow Award: Amit Batabyal Early Career Award: Tessa Conroy Research Impact Award for the Most Outstanding Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy Article: Daniel L. Bennett and Richard K. Vedder. (2013) “A dynamic analysis of economic freedom and income inequality in the 50 US states: Empirical evidence of a parabolic relationship.” 43(1), 42-55. M. Jarvin Emerson Student Paper Competition Award presented to Zeying Huang for “The Impacts of Wildfires and Wildfire-induced Air Pollution on House Prices in the United States.” |
| 2021 | Leadership Award: Bridget Guerrero Distinguished Service Award: David Sorenson Distinguished Fellow Award: Mark Skidmore Early Career Award: Craig Carpenter Research Impact Award for the Most Outstanding Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy Article: Stephan J. Goetz, Mark Partridge, Steve C. Deller, and David A. Fleming for “Evaluating US rural entrepreneurship policy.” Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy 40, no. 1 (2010): 20-33. |
| 2020 | No conference due to COVID |
| 2019 | Distinguished Fellow Award: Norman C. Walzer Distinguished Fellow Award: Richard J. Cebula Distinguished Fellow Award: Knut Ingar Westeren Research Impact Award: Jamie Bologna Pavlik Leadership Award: David D. Kay Student Paper Competition First Place: Hyeran Chung |
| 2018 | Distinguished Service Award: Richard J. Cebula Leadership Award: G. Jason Jolley Student Paper Competition First Place: NA |
| 2017 | Distinguished Service Award: Ronald J. Gunderson Distinguished Fellow Award: Scott T. Loveridge Research Impact Award: David J. Sorenson Leadership Award: Biswa R. Das Student Paper Competition First Place: Mark H. Rembert |
| 2016 | Distinguished Fellow Award: Gregory S. Alward Research Impact Award: Steven C. Deller Leadership Award: Rebekka M. Dudensing Student Paper Competition First Place: Ariana P. Torres |
| 2015 | Distinguished Fellow Award: Steven C. Deller Research Impact Award: Roger F. Riefler Leadership Award: Richard J. Cebula Student Paper Competition First Place: Dan Eugene Shaffer III |
| 2014 | Distinguished Service Award: Scott A. Lindall Leadership Award: Scott Loveridge Research Impact Award: Roger F. Riefler Student Paper Competition First Place: Peiyong Yu |
| 2013 | Distinguished Service Award: Gregory S. Alward Lifetime Achievement in Advancing Regional Science Award: Richard J. Cebula Student Paper Competition First Place: Amanda Weinstein |
| 2012 | Distinguished Service Award: Ronald J. Gunderson Distinguished Service to the Association Award: Knut Ingar Westeren Friend and Partner of the MCRSA: MIG, Inc. Student Paper Competition First Place: Zheng Tian |
| 2011 | Distinguished Service Award: Russel D. Kashian Student Paper Competition First Place: Timothy R. Hodge |
| 2010 | Student Paper Competition First Place: Melissa Whited |
| 2009 | Distinguished Service Award: Aaron K. Lusby Distinguished Service Award: Steven C. Deller Distinguished Service Award: David W. Marcouiller Student Paper Competition First Place: Ricardo Arguello |
| 2008 | Distinguished Service Award: Knut Ingar Westeren Student Paper Competition First Place: NA Student Paper Competition Second Place: Cahit Guven |
| 2007 | Distinguished Service Award: David J. Sorenson Student Paper Competition First Place: Adela Nistor |
| 2006 | Distinguished Service Award: Norman Walzer Distinguished Service Award: Scott Lindall Student Paper Competition First Place: Seth Payton |
| 2005 | Student Paper Competition First Place: Jiawen Yang |
| 2004 | Student Paper Competition First Place: David Peters Student Paper Competition Second Place: Shaoming Cheng |
| 2003 | Friend of the MCRSA Award: Rebecca Bishop Friend of the MCRSA Award: Chris Kornhoff Student Paper Competition First Place: Up Lim |
| 2002 | Student Paper Competition First Place: Brett Gelso |