2011 AwardsEconomics
Graduate Awards
William P. Snavely Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies in Economics
William P. Snavely was the first Chairman of the Economics Department, serving in that capacity from 1973 to 1981. In his honor, the Department presents the Snavely Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies in Economics to our most outstanding PhD student graduating each academic year.
- Petrik Runst
Israel M. Kirzner Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Austrian Economics
The Israel M. Kirzner Award was established in 2002 to honor the contributions to Austrian economics made by Professor Israel Kirzner during his illustrious research and teaching career. Each academic year, this award is given to a graduating doctoral student in recognition of their outstanding dissertation in Austrian economics.
- Douglas Rogers
Undergraduate Awards
Howard R. Bloch Memorial Award
Awarded to our top performing student in the economics program.
- Jianwei Xing
Outstanding Academic Achievement in Economics
Award for the second highest academic performer in the graduating class in economics.
- Peter Abbate
- Margaret Albert
- Katherine Beck
- William Brayer
- Whitney Burton
- Rubin Chen
- Alla Chernyavskaya
- Angela Diorio
- Fernando Ferreira
- Lukas Fiorio
- Yang Gao
- Yanyan Li
- Andrea Lively
- Joshua Owens
- Margaret Patrick
- Theodore Phalan
- Kristine Romero
- Stephen Wisnieski
- Ye Zhao
- Yuanxiu Zhao
- Lang Zheng