Awards

Faculty and Staff Awards and Recognition

University Awards and Recognition

  • Susan Wolcott, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2022-2023
  • Barry Jones, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2022-2023
  • Zili Yang, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2021-2022
  • Neha Khanna, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2019-2020
  • Wei Xiao, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2016-2017
  • Joanne Ardune, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service,  2014-2015
  • Barry Jones, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013-2014
  • Florenz Plassmann, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006-2007
  • Ken Christianson, Provost's Teaching Award, 2005-2006
  • Solomon Polachek, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004-2005
  • Stanley Masters,  Binghamton University Council and Foundation Award, 2003
  • Robert Meville, Binghamton University Council and Foundation Award, 1990
  • Clifford R. Kern, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1973-1974

External Awards and Recognition

  • Subal Kumbhakar, Fellow, Society for Economic Measurement (SEM), 2023 - present
  • Neha Khanna, Distinguished Member Award by the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA), 2021
  • Subal Kumbhakar, recognized as top 2% of all researchers in the world by a 2021 Stanford University Study.
  • Hwan-sik Choi, Info-Metrics Institute Research Prize (in Memory of Halbert L. White Jr.), The Info-Metrics Institute at American University, 2017

Graduate Student Awards

  • Md Shahadath Hossain, Alice Trost Dissertation Award, 2022-2023
  • Md Shahadath Hossain, Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research, 2022-2023
  • Elisa Taveras Pena, Alice Trost Dissertation Award, 2021-2022
  • Elisa Taveras Pena, Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research, 2021-2022
  • Daniela Monge Navarro, Graduate Student Excellence Award in Teaching, 2021-2022
  • Ruohao Zhang, Alice Trost Dissertation Award, 2020 - 2021
  • Alan Adelman, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2020-2021
  • Ruohao Zhang, Graduate Student Award for Execllence in Research, 2020-2021
  • Luis Chanci, Alice Trost Dissertation Award, 2019 - 2020
  • Elisa Taveras Pena, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2019-2020

  • Duong Le, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2018 - 2019

  • Nusrat Jimi, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2018- 2019

  • Agnitra Roy Choudhury, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017-2018
  • Leila Salarpour-Goodzari, Edward H. Prentice Award, 2016-2017
  • Marlon Tracey, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2015-2016
  • Jermaine Moulton, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2015-2016
  • Man Jin, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2014-2015
  • Daniel Parisian, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013-2014
  • Michael Delgado, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2011-2012
  • Lori Anderson, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010-2011
  • Gene Birz, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2008-2009
  • Daria Sevastianova, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006-2007
  • Areil Belasen, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005-2006
  • Christopher Parmeter, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research, 2005-2006
  • Alexandre Olbrecht, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004-2005
  • Kiril Tochkov, Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004-2005

Undergraduate Student Awards

University and SUNY Awards

  • Molin Qin, Provost's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2022-2023
  • Che Sun, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2017-2018
  • Che Sun, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2017-208
  • Yonglin Liang, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2016-2017
  • Robert Clark, Provost's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2015-2016
  • Justin Mulvaney, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2014-2015
  • Mallory Mecca, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2013-2014
  • Mallory Mecca, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2012-2013
  • Taylor Arluck, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2012-2013
  • Taylor Arluck, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2011-2012
  • Yevgeny Bam, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2008-2009
  • Yevgeny Bam, President's Award for Undergraduate Student Excellence, 2008-2009
  • Bernard Provost, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, 2001-2002

Annual Economics Department Awards

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

  • Clifford R. Kern Award for Academic Excellence in Economics - Lina Morse
  • Clifford R. Kern Award for Academic Excellence in Economics - Molin Qin
  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Molin Qin
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Aidan Jorgensen
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Joseph Volpe

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022

  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Bingxin Chen
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Garrick Lee
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Sean McAlrney
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Mayumi Tan
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Liam Tarzy
  • Honors Thesis 2022 - Zurez Memon

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021

  • The Clifford R. Kern Award for Academic Excellence in Economics - Megan Nestor 
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Christopher Hayes
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Michelle Zhou

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019 - 2020

  • The Clifford R. Kern Award for Academic Excellence in Economics - Hannah Werner
  •  J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis – Hannah Werner
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Jerray Chang
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Kevin Henneberger
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Dylan Saez
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Isaac Wecht
  • Robert and Karen Lovejoy Economics Scholarship: Megan Carrie, Jonathan Chen, Thomas Deignan, David Dropkin, Andrew Jacobi

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018 - 2019

  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Din Becevic

  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Jason Goldberg

  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Jennifer Gunning

  • Robert and Karen Lovejoy Economics Scholarship - Vanessa Olivo

  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - David Titus

ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 - 2018

  • Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Che Sun
  • Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Gregory Scala
  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Min Jeong Kim
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Min Jeong Kim
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Emmanuel Davis
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Tina Szpicek

ACADEMIC YEAR 2016 - 2017

  • Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Yonglin (Pauline) Liang
  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Rica Zeitoune
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Kyle Loftus
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Rossella Scarpa
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Rica Zeitoune

ACADEMIC YEAR 2015 - 2016

  • Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Robert Clark
  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Robert Clark
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Martina Kotzavekiaris
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Brian Phung
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Brandon S. Young

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014 - 2015

  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Kelly D. Hyde
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Yujun Chen
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Kelly D. Hyde
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Richard J. Tarr

ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014

  • Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Ethan Feilich
  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Ethan Feilich
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics -Daniel Curreri
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Carly Galek
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Mallory Mecca

ACADEMIC YEAR 2012 - 2013

  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Melanie Rosenberg
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Jinjing Tian

ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012

  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Andrew Netter
  • Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Economics - Apoorva Rama
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Nicholas Brosnan
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Ziwei He
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Tara Marie Lynch

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 - 2011

  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Nicolas Ries
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Nicolas Brosnan

ACADEMIC YEAR 2009 - 2010

  • J.C. Liu Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis - Howard Sider
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Allison Rapp
  • Distinguished Achievement in Economics - Caitlyn Edmundson

Honors Thesis

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

  • Alexander Larson, "Gifted and Talented Programming: Fulfilling Students' Potentials or Increasing Achievement Gaps?" (Advisor: Slichter)
  • Lina Morse, "Applying the European Central Bank's Second Pillar to the United Kingdom: Can Money Supply be Used as a Reference for Price Stability? (Advisor: Jones)
  • Molin Qin, "Energy Security Improvements through Electric Vehicle" (Advisor: Scott)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021

  • Theodora Catrina, "The Impact of Binghamton University's Downtown Center on the City of Binghamton" (Advisor: Kern)
  • Sharon Itin, "How has Digitalization Across Occupations in the Labor Force Influenced Wages and Employment Opportunities?" (Advisor: Kuhn)
  • Megan Nestor, "Gender Differences: A Study of Interstate Variation of Undergraduate STEM Majors" (Advisor: Polachek)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020

  • Joseph Smith, "Waterfront Revitalization: Exploring the Links Between Neighborhood Revitalization policy and Gentrification in Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Brooklyn" (Advisor: Kern)
  • Hannah Werner, "The Effect of Law Enforcement Officials on Marijuana Use: Do Police Actually Deter Marijuana Use?" (Advisor: Polachek)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019

  • Din Becevic, "Liquidity, Momentum and the Cross Section of Expected Stock Returns" (Advisor: Rydqvist)

  • Jerray Chang, "Nonparametric Modeling of Returns to Schooling: An Application to Two South African Labor Surveys" (Advisor: Korolev)

  • Ryan Porti, "Internment of Japanese-Americans: Causal Impact on Educational Attainment" (Advisor: Polachek)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018

  • Christopher Almeida, "Measuring the Effects of Dollarization on Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guinea-Bissau" (Advisor: Hanes)
  • Minjeong (Joyce) Kim, "The Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Program and Household Use of Child Labor" (Advisor: Slichter)
  • Che Sun, "The Environmental External Costs of Uber: Evidence from the United States" (Advisor: Bottan)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017

  • Yonglin (Pauline) Liang, "Effects of the Urban Resident Pension Scheme on Household Finance in China" (Advisor: Nikolov)
  • Benjamin Rifkin, "What is the Price Effect of Zoning?" (Advisor: Carrion-Flores)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2015-2016

  • Robert Clark, "Accounting for Racial Achievement Gaps Across Differing Cognitive Tests" (Advisor: Polachek)
  • Yuyang Cui, "The Impact of Urbanization Level and Political Performance on Air Pollution" (Advisor: Zhou)
  • Nicholas L. Doran, "How the Euro Helped the Eurozone Crisis Unfold" (Advisor: Wolcott)
  • Jiahui Hu, "The Sentdown and Social Mobility in Urban China" (Advisor: Urquhart)
  • Gregory R. Mongan, "Has the Relationship Between Repo Rates and the Federal Funds Rate Changed: Post-Financial Crisis?" (Advisor: Hanes)
  • Thanh M Pham, "Does competition influence airline on time performances?" (Advisor: Pape)
  • Rica R. Zeitoune, "Droit de Suite: A Moral Crisis" (Advisor: Kern)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

  • Jessica M. Adelman, "The Relationship Between Healthcare Access and Food Expenditure: a Cross-State Comparison" (Advisor: Ghosh)
  • Kelly D. Hyde, "Time Scarcity and Optimization: An Experimental Analysis" (Advisor: Nikolov/Wolcott)
  • Veenra Minnal, "The Effect of Injury on the Point Spread Market in the National Football League" (Advisor: Parisian)
  • Kassandra M. Smykowski, "The Impact of Trust on Trade During an Economic Shock" (Advisor: Wolcott)
  • Richard John Tarr, "The Federal Funds Market After the Great Recession" (Advisor: Hanes)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014

  • Ethan J. Feilich, "Divided We Fall? Exploring the Relationship between Wage Inequality and Recessions" (Advisor: Jones)
  • Aimee Mun, "The Impact of M-Pesa on Financial Inclusion in Kenya" (Advisor: Wolcott)
  • Aaron A. Stauter, "Revenue Sharing and Competitive Balance: A Case Study of Major League Baseball" (Advisor: Masters/Kern)
  • Andrew J. Topal, "The Effects of Finance on Social Welfare" (Advisor: Hanes)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013

  • Mikhail Gurtovoy, "Econometric Sins: Ordinal Scales in Cardinal Regressions" (Advisor: Plassmann)
  • Melanie N. Rosenberg, "Health Consequences of the Shifting American Diet" (Advisor: Flores-Lagunes)
  • Eric T. Wuu, "The Impact of Market Structure and Firm Financial Performance on Environmental Compliance" (Advisor: Carrion-Flores)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012

  • Apoorva S. Rama, "Economic Cost of the Iraq War" (Advisor: Kumbhakar)
  • Mark R. Gordon, "The Effects of Parent Structure on Education Outcomes: Understanding the Disadvantages Faced by Students in Non-Nuclear Household" (Advisor: Amin)
  • Ziwei He, "Health as a Non-Economic Return to Education" (Advisor: Amin)
  • Tara-Marie Lynch, "Economics of Conflict: ETA vs. Spain" (Advisor: Pape)
  • Andrew Netter, "A VAR Model of the Swedish Economy" (Advisor: Jones)
  • Maxin Pekarskiy, "Familiarity and Altruism: Self-Interest vs. Teamwork within a Public Goods Framework" (Advisor: Pape)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011

  • Baldini, Gregory A., “Irrational Consumer Demand: An Agent-Based Examination” (Advisor: Pape)
  • George Gilbert, “Commodity Prices as Predictors of Inflation” (Advisor: Hanes)
  •  Julian Goetz, “Geopolitical Risks on the China-India Border and Implications for Rural Health Quality” (Advisor: Wolcott)
  • Constantine Grivoyannis “Determining Factors of People's Attitudes towards Paying Taxes Willingly” (Advisor: Kern)
  • Nicolas Ries, “Race and Redistribution of Income in the U.S.” (Advisor: Jones)
  • Geoffrey Zee, “Assimilation and Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Generations” (Advisor: Amin)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-2010

  • Alex Casale, “Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings” (Advisor: Kern)
  • John Hargraves, “The Impact of the Aids Epidemic on Acceptance of Homosexuality in the United States” (Advisor: Kern)
  • Abu Nayeem, “Does Anti-Whaling Activity Save the Whales?” (Advisor: Khanna, Pete Knuepfer)
  • Howard Sider, “Rich Team, Poor Team: Team Revenues in Major League Baseball” (Advisor: Masters)
  • Josh Warren, “Pricing in Local Gasoline Markets” (Advisor: Pape)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009

  • Yevgeny Bam, “Housing Affordability in Urban China” (Advisor: Kern, John Frazier)
  • Erin Grochocki, “The Montana Meth Project: An Economic Analysis” (Advisor: Plassmann)
  • Jennifer Johnston,” Crime on College Campuses: An Economic Perspective” (Advisor: Polachek)
  • Kaitlin Quail, “How the Classification of a Prescription Drug by Duration Influences the Type of Drug Prescribed” (Advisor: Ghosh)