Learn about the economist Thorstein Veblen

Each fall the Department of Economics gives the Thorstein Veblen Essay Award to the student who is deemed to have written the best essay (paper) covering a general economics topic during the previous academic year.


Year Graduate Undergraduate
2019 Emma Hogrebe
2018 Elizabeth Deichman
2017 Andrew Tipping
2016 Christopher Cunningham Victoria King
2015 Emma Nix
2014 Dean Obermark / Jennifer Slosar
2013 Trung Ly Harun Nukic
2012 Daniel Layton Carolyn Brasfield
2010 Benjamin Murray Kyle Kersting
2009 Preston Estep Joan Daugherty
2008 Vikram Kumar Douglas Lee
2007 Travis Box Christohpher Caltagirone
2006 Travis Box
2005 Matt Reidhead Mitch Leachman
2004 John Seiffert Emily Trevathan
2003 Ian Schmutte
2002 Victor Chernovaty
2001 Victor Chernovaty
2000 Tracie Edwards Daniel Lysy