Dr. Jesse Tack selected as Editor for AJEA
Dr. Jesse Tack, associate professor for the Department of Agriculture Economics, has been selected as an editor for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE).
The AJAE is a peer-reviewed journal that employs economists, like Dr. Tack, to analyze public policy and consumer behavior. The journal focuses on publishing empirical and theoretical papers in finance and other closely related fields.
“The journal is considered to be the leading journal in Agricultural Economics and highlights research that can affect both agricultural policy and on-the-ground decision making," Tack said.
To be selected as an editor for the AJAE an application must be submitted to the Agriculture and Applied Economics Association for review. Dr. Tack, will work with a team of faculty that includes Dr. Jill McCluskey, Washington State University; Dr. Marc Bellemare, University of Minnesota; and Dr. Amy Ando, University of Illinois. Tack’s term will be a four-year term starting January 1 of 2022.
“Dr. Tack is the first faculty member from Kansas State University to be selected as an editor. We have had several members of our faculty serve as associate editors, but none have served as editor," Dr. Allen Featherstone, Agricultural Economics Department Head, said. “Certainly this is a great honor for Dr. Tack, but also for the Department as a whole. This type of honor continues to validate the Department’s research ranking #21 for Agriculture Economics Departments in the World according to Research Papers in Economics (RePEC) managed by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.”
Dr. Tack’s main responsibilities will be to coordinate reviews for submitted manuscripts and to ensure the integrity of the peer review responses. Editors make the final decision on whether manuscripts will be published in the AJAE. A combination of recommendations of referees and the editor’s evaluation of the paper are the deciding factors for the editor’s final decision.
“I am genuinely excited for the opportunity to engage with the leading research in the profession," Tack said.
