Vote in the 2013 AAEA Board and AAEA Section Elections!

The 2013 AAEA Board and AAEA Section elections are currently open. All current members are eligible to vote in the election for the AAEA Board. Only current members of each Section are eligible to vote in Section elections.

Please login to the My Account section to access the ballot.

2013 AAEA Executive Board Election Candidates are:

President-Elect

Susan Capalbo, Oregon State University

Barry Goodwin, North Carolina State University

Director

Michael Boland, University of Minnesota

Hayley Chouinard, Washington State University
Michael Gunderson, Purdue University

Andrew Muhammad, USDA Economic Research Service

The AAEA Section elections are taking place concurrently with the Executive Board election. You will be able to complete the Executive Board and Section elections all in one place. Section members will be directed to the Section ballots for which they are eligible to vote upon submitting the Executive Board ballot. 

The AAEA elections will end on May 15, 2013 at 11:59 pm CDT.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the American Journal of Entrepreneurship

Guest Editor Dr. Kathleen Liang, University of Vermont is now accepting submissions for a special issue of the American Journal of Entrepreneurship (AJE) focused on Rural Entrepreneurship. Below is the full call:

Call for Papers: Special Issue-Rural Entrepreneurship Issue
American Journal of Entrepreneurship
Deadline to submit: July 1, 2013 

Articles in AJE are intended for a diverse audience of individuals including, but not limited to, academic scholars and educators, practitioners, and policy officials. AJE prefers research based upon quantitative evidence, or upon qualitative evidence, broadly defined. We seek papers that are grounded in the extant literature, include appropriate analysis, and make a new contribution to the received literature in the field of entrepreneurship. Please note that we will also accept “conceptual” papers. Conceptual manuscripts must clearly make a new, significant contribution to the existing literature and show promise of being verifiable by future research.

Aim and Scope of the Rural Entrepreneurship Volume
This special rural entrepreneurship volume will be a multidisciplinary publication from a variety of scholarly perspectives. This volume will be open to papers from any scholarly tradition with high quality and focus on rural entrepreneurship including, but not limited to, the following topics:

The concepts and/or comparative analysis of rural entrepreneurship and rural entrepreneurs

• Innovation and technology for rural enterprises

• Identifying and assessing venture opportunities for rural development

• Financing rural business ventures

• Public policy toward rural new ventures

• Challenges and barriers for starting and managing entrepreneurial ventures in rural communities 

• Developing sustainable finances for rural entrepreneurs and ventures

• Innovative marketing for rural enterprises

• Human resources management in rural ventures

• International/global rural entrepreneurship

Manuscripts should be double-spaced and no more than 25 pages in length, including figures, models, and tables. For questions regarding grammar or style, authors should refer to the current edition of the APA Publication Manual. Author names should not appear anywhere in the manuscript except on the title page. All papers and proposals must be submitted electronically in MS Word format or PDF format. Papers should be double-spaced including page number. They must include a separate title page with the title of the paper, name(s), affiliation(s), and full contact information for all authors. The body of the paper should contain a second cover page without any author identification. A 150-word abstract with no author identification should be placed on the third page. Submitted papers shall not have been published or presented previously.

Authors must use electronic mail to submit their manuscripts. All submissions should be sent to: Dr. Kathleen Liang, guest editor of the special edition (cliang@uvm.edu) by July 1, 2013. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please indicate in the email subject line: paper for AJE rural entrepreneurship by (last_name).

Call for Applications: Graduate Student Extension Competition

The 2013 Extension Competition for Graduate Students is now accepting applications. The Extension competition is sponsored jointly by the Extension and Graduate Student sections of the AAEA. Cash prizes are awarded to the top three finishers, with first place taking home $1000! The deadline for written applications is May 6, 2013.

For more information about the competition, including previous winning submissions, check out the Extension Section website.

Planning Meetings: Public Access to Federally-Supported Research and Development Data and Publications

The Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education(DBASSE) of the National Research Council invites you to register to attend one or both of two planning meetings on public access to federally-supported research and development data and publications.  The meetings are free and open to the public, but registration is required.

For more information, including the meeting dates and registration instructions, check out the full announcement. The deadline to register to participate is April 30.

Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship Award-Call for Applications

The AAEA Trust is now accepting applications for the first Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship Award! The Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship Award supports a mentorship relationship with a view to promote high quality research of a policy/problem solving nature in countries with food insecurity and environmental pressures. It is meant to promote collaboration between an early career scholar who is a citizen of and resides in a developing country and a distinguished mentor.

For more information about the award and how to apply visit the Call for Applications. Deadline to apply is October 7, 2013.

Register for the 2013 Joint Annual Meeting!

Registration for the 2013 AAEA & CAES Joint Annual Meeting is now open! Be sure to register by June 3 in order to get the best registration rate. Visit the Joint Annual Meeting website to register and to get more information. See you in DC!