Ron Mittelhammer is a Regents Professor of Economic Sciences and Statistics at Washington State University. He is also a Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics, a Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), and a Distinguished Scholar of the Western Ag. Economics Association. He has over 250 publications and presentations to his credit, including 100 refereed journal publications. He is a celebrated teacher at the graduate level, receiving national and university-wide awards for instruction, including the AAEA Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching, the Washington State University Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, and the WSU-CAHNRS Teaching Excellence Award. He served as President-Elect, President, and Past-President of the AAEA from 2008-2011.