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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |