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News

Professor Khusiman Pun is joining the Department as a visiting assistant professor for the 2023-24 academic year.

Professor Jason Ralston will be on sabbatical for 2023-2024 academic year.

Professor Rosie Mueller is on sabbatical for the spring semester of 2023.

Honors and Awards

The Department of Economics recognizes each year's outstanding senior students in its programs. The annual awards are:

The James F. Shepherd Award for Outstanding Economics Graduate (JFS): The award was named to honor Professor Jim Shepherd and to recognize each year's outstanding senior student in the Economics Department.

The Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award (JCSAA): The award was named to honor Professor Jan Crouter and to recognize excellence in the study of Economics.

The Economics-Mathematics Student Achievement Award (EMSAA): This award intends to recognize students with a record of outstanding achievement in economics and mathematics. A recipient is selected by the Economics and Mathematics departments.

Here are the award recipients:
2023 The James F. Shepherd Award goes to Lathan Chatfield
The Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award goes to kali Natarajan
The Economics-mathematics Student Achievement Award goes to Ankit Bhattarai

2022 The James F. Shepherd Award is awarded to Klaudia Kyjovska
The Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award is awarded to Ed Engel

2021 The James F. Shepherd Award is awarded to Elliot Carleton
The Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award is awarded to Ryan Kinerk

Economics Department Awards, 1962-2019

WSJ refers to the Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award; JFS refers to the Whitman College James F. Shepherd Award for Outstanding Economics Graduate; SAA refers to the Whitman College Economics Department Student Achievement Award; JCSAA refers to the Whitman College Economics Department Jan P. Crouter Student Achievement Award. EMSAA refers to the Whitman College Economics-Mathematics Student Achievement Award.

Year Recipient Award
1962 Wesley Roland Fields WSJ
1963 Stephen Smith McConnel WSJ
1964 Walter Clifford Minnick WSJ
1965 Richard Wakefield Tatman WSJ
1966 Donald John Vogt WSJ
1967 Thomas Watson Church, Jr. WSJ
1968 Richard Irvin King WSJ
1969 Gary Lee Wolfstone WSJ
1970 Richard Hathaway Blaker WSJ
1971 James David Vaughn WSJ
1972 James Lee Fogle WSJ
1973 Stuart Foster Henigson WSJ
1974 Lynne Hideko Himeda WSJ
1975 David John Wardenaar WSJ
1976 Elizabeth Neils WSJ
1977 Cecil William Baxter III WSJ
1978 Thomas Howard Hill WSJ
1979 Kristine Marie Johnson WSJ
1980 Richard William Seibold WSJ
1981 Ralph David Simpson WSJ
1982 James Brian Pogue WSJ
1983 Arthur Buell Ish III WSJ
1984 Dale Robert Weideman WSJ
1985 Cecily Elizabeth McCowen WSJ
1986 Thomas Brent Baker WSJ
1987 Patricia Kimiko Yamane WSJ
1988 Jeffrey Craig Clark WSJ
1989 Brian Patrick McCracken WSJ
1990 Scott Patrick Alderman WSJ
1991 Robert Alan Hinnen WSJ
1992 Scott Nelson Phillips WSJ
1993 Angelo Radostinov Moskov WSJ
1994 Rea Lynn Culwell WSJ
1995 Karol Marcin WSJ
1996 Lucie Starns McCoy WSJ
1997 Amanda Marie Kernen WSJ
1998 David Eric Toomey WSJ
1999 Peter Benjamin Stiffler WSJ
2000 Gary Jacob Hunter WSJ
2001 Michael M. Caughey WSJ
2002 Erich R.v.O Wolf WSJ
2003 Maurice Gordon Solomon WSJ
2004 Laura Paola Vizcaino JFS
  Jessica Law Branom-Zwick JFS
2005 Katie Elizabeth Santorsola JFS
  Laura A. Bakkensen JFS
2006 Brian James Ritchie JFS
  Michael Scott Wert WSJ
2008 Benjamin Keefer JFS
  David Alexander Greenwood-Sanchez WSJ
2009 Gareth E. Olds (JFS) JFS
  Patricia "Alex" Robinson  WSJ
2010 Jenna Elizabeth Stearns JFS
  Elizabeth Forsyth  WSJ
2011 Leah Nicole Wheeler JFS
  Meredith Laurance Danko  SAA
2012 Erik William Lyon  JFS
  Alexander Ardeshir Zendeh  SAA
2013 Nicholas Max Marquiss JFS
  Shanglun Wang  SAA
2014 Gabriel Lewis  JFS
  Eli Lewis  SAA
2015 Yonah Biers-Ariel JFS
  Noah Jensen

SAA

2016 Marissa Lynn Childs

JFS

Keely Mariette Adjorlolo

SAA

2017 Nick Johnson

JFS

Trevor Lewis SAA
2018 Devon Yee JCSAA
Quinn Salkind

JFS

2019 Bryn Louise JCSAA
Nina Sharp

JFS

Tyler Maule EMSAA
2020 Lily Gustafson JFS
Blair Bingham JCSAA
Nick Collard EMSAA
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