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We are very delighted to welcome Dr. Deepthi Kolady as our incoming Chair-Elect. Congratulations! 👏 Your leadership and vision will undoubtedly drive our community forward. Excited for the future under your guidance! #Leadership #CWAE #Congrats

all of Caesar’s professional activities and pursuits.

Caesar currently serves on two AAEA committees: the Mentoring Committee and the steering committee for the AAEA-USDA Cooperative Agreement tasked with DEI promotion within the AAEA. Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in agricultural economics has been a common theme in

or less). He is the recipient of multiple research awards, including the 2020 President’s Martin Luther King Fulfilling the Dream Award for his research and teaching contributions to promoting human rights and social justice while upholding understanding and unity.

and inequity in US agriculture; his mentoring and advising of minority students, and his research-informed outreach efforts. Caesar has received multiple teaching and mentoring awards including AAEA 2020 (inaugural) Outstanding Mentoring and 2021 Distinguished Teaching (10 years

As a prominent agricultural economist, Cesar has an impressive record of achievements as a researcher, teacher, and mentor. His sustained commitment to the promotion of the DEI principle is evident from his scholarly research focusing on immigration labor issues, minority farming

#CWAE names Dr. Cesar Escalante as the awardee🏆 for the CWAE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Senior) Award for 2024.👏Congratulations! Dr. Cesar Escalante is a Full Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics @uga_aaec of the University of Georgia (UGA).

demonstrating how the contributions to and passion for creating an inclusive workplace through intentional and empathic DEI actions and initiatives can make the discipline, a university, a college or a department, welcoming for all. 👏

colleagues in their #DEI work. She is a known ally to students, and an emergent leader within the college DEI Committee at Western Washington. Her leadership fosters welcoming and belonging for students from underrepresented backgrounds. Awardees like Zoë advance our field by

Western Washington University. She facilitates self-directed, well-rounded intellectual development in a thoughtful manner, with particular emphasis on inclusive pedagogy in the classroom and online settings. She frequently raises her voice to amplify DEI issues and encourages

As a role model for CWAE, she inspires us to challenge ourselves, examine our own biases, and work toward a more inclusive professional environment. Dr. Plakias has established herself as an outstanding teacher in her previous appointment at Ohio State University and now at

Dr. Zoë Plakias is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Western Washington University. Dr. Plakias works tirelessly to lead DEI efforts at multiple levels—within departments, college, university, and profession.

#CWAE names Dr. Zoë Plakias as the awardee for the CWAE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Junior) Award for 2024.🏆

intentional and empathic DEI actions and initiatives can make the discipline, a university, a college or a department, welcoming for all.

college DEI Committee at Western Washington. Her leadership fosters welcoming and belonging for students from underrepresented backgrounds. Awardees like Zoë advance our field by demonstrating how the contributions to and passion for creating an inclusive workplace through

to equity work, centering the identities and concerns of others and using her positionality to support students. She frequently raises her voice to amplify DEI issues and encourages colleagues in their DEI work. She is a known ally to students, and an emergent leader within the

Zoë was a Co-Lead PI of the Racial Justice Pathways Program (2021-22) at The Ohio State University through which she and colleagues helped faculty and staff at Ohio State develop tools to address racial inequities across the University. Zoë demonstrates an empathy-driven approach

activities recognizing that students learn in different ways and different stages. She designs courses that would bring diverse perspectives into the classroom by highlighting important contributions from authors of multiple races and ethnic backgrounds in her discussions.

University. She facilitates self-directed, well-rounded intellectual development in a thoughtful manner, with particular emphasis on inclusive pedagogy in the classroom and online settings. Zoë creates learning environments to motivate students using a variety of learner-centered