ARIA listserv announcements #20 - week of May 21, 2012

Greetings ARIA members:

Today’s listserv contains the following:

• New JRI Editor announcement

The Board of Directors of the American Risk and Insurance Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Crocker as Editor of The Journal of Risk and Insurance, effective January 1, 2013.  Keith will succeed Georges Dionne upon the completion of Georges' two highly successful terms as Editor of the JRI. Under Georges' leadership, the quality and visibility of the JRI has continued to increase, and the Board is confident that Keith will successfully build upon the legacy left by Georges and all the previous Editors of the JRI.

Please join the Board in thanking Georges Dionne for his tremendous service and congratulating Keith Crocker on his appointment to this important position.

A brief biography of Dr. Crocker appears below.

Keith J. Crocker

Professor Keith J. Crocker joined the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University in 2003 as the William Elliott Chaired Professor of Insurance and Risk Management. He holds a B.A. from Washington and Lee University in mathematics and economics, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in economics.

Prior to his current position at Penn State, Professor Crocker was the Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, at the University of Michigan Business School. His previous experience includes appointments as Professor of Economics at The Pennsylvania State University, where he taught courses in law and economics, microeconomics, and industrial organization, as Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Virginia, and as staff economist at the Federal Trade Commission.

Professor Crocker has served as a co-editor of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, and of the Journal of Risk and Insurance.