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The Sam C. Hsieh Graduate Fellowship in Applied Economics
The Sam C. Hsieh Graduate Fellowship in Applied Economics was established in April 2006. This fellowship was endowed through gifts from the children of the late Sam Chung Hsieh—Wen-Ning Hsieh, Wen Hsieh Lin, Wen-An Hsieh, and Wendy Hsieh. Dr. Sam Chung Hsieh received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota in 1957. In 1990 he received the University of Minnesota Alumni Association’s Outstanding Achievement Award and our department’s Outstanding Alumni Award.
2008-09 - The Sam Chung Hsieh Fellowship was awarded to Daniel Hawes.
Daniel has a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Bonn, Germany. He obtained his M.Sc. in Water Management while working on a research project at the German Center of Development Research (ZEF). Before joining the Applied  | | Sarah Humpage |
Economics Ph.D. program in 2007, he worked for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) as a Senior Research Assistant and part of the Harvest Choice team. Currently, he is interested in the economic analysis of how institutions evolve and public goods are managed. Because of his strong interest in the natural sciences, sociology and psychology, he is especially interested in interdisciplinary research projects.
The Mary A. and Robert B. Litterman Endowed Fellowship
The Mary A. and Robert B. Litterman Endowed Fellowship was established in January 2001 with a generous gift from the Littermans. Dr. Mary A. Litterman earned her B.S. and Ph.D. in agricultural economics, and Dr. Robert B. Litterman received his Ph.D. in economics, both from the University of Minnesota. Their gift acknowledges the excellence of the Department of Applied Economics and provides supplemental support  | | Kristine Lamm-West |
for a graduate student in the program.
2008-09 Litterman Fellowships were awarded to Sarah Humpage, Kristine Lamm-West and Renato Ravina Sanchez.
Sarah entered the Applied Economics Ph.D. program in 2007 after completing a B.A. in Latin American Studies at Macalester College and a Masters in Public Policy at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. At Humphrey, Sarah concentrated on Economic Development. After graduating from Humphrey, Sarah worked as a journalist for Inforpress, a Guatemalan magazine covering economic and political issues in Central America. She then worked as a consultant in statistics and program evaluation for Guatemala's Ministry of Education. In the Applied Economics department, Sarah plans to work with Professor Paul Glewwe on educational program evaluation methods in developing countries, and is beginning a research project on the impacts of  | | Renato Ravina Sanchez |
PRONADE, a decentralized school management program in Guatemala .
Kristine completed here B.S. in economics at Macalester College in 2001. After working for seven years as a teacher for Minneapolis Public Schools, Kristine joined the Applied Economics Ph.D. program in 2007 to do research to better understand the economics of education. Currently, she is involved in two projects. One project investigates issues of financial strain facing rural school districts in Minnesota. The second project looks at the impact of unions on teachers’ pay structure.
Renato earned his B.S. in economics from the Universidad del Pacifico in Peru in 1999 and a Master in Public Policy from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in 2007. He joined the Applied Economics Ph.D. program to do research on development economics, program evaluation, and applied econometric methods.
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