Terry Hurley Named 2026 AAEA Fellow

January 22, 2026

Terry Hurley has recently been recognized with the prestigious honor of Fellow with the AAEA. 

Recognition as an AAEA Fellow is AAEA's most prestigious honor. The main consideration for selecting Fellows is continuous contribution to the advancement of agricultural or applied economics. Achievements may be in research, teaching, extension, administration, and/or other contributions to public or private sector decision-making. 

Terrance “Terry” Hurley is the Austin Dowell Professor and Head of Applied Economics at UMN. He received his PhD from ISU and BS from CSUS. Prior to joining UMN faculty, he was at URI, CARD-ISU, and UWY. He is currently Chair of the AAEA Finance Committee. He served as a Co-editor for the AJAE and AEPP; guest editor for AgBioForum; and on the editorial boards of AJAE, JARE, Agronomy Journal, and Environmental Biosafety Research. His research on productivity, profitability, risk, and regulation of emerging technologies has been published in journals including AJAE, AEPP, Choices, Science, and Nature Plants. This work earned him invitations to serve on EPA FIFRA SAPs, and a National Academies Steering Committee. It earned Outstanding Article Awards from JARE and AJARE; and the Quality of Research and Discovery Award from AARES. It also contributed three chapters to the 2007 AAEA Quality of Communication Award winner.

Congratulations, Terry!