PCRD People: Sam

Sam Cordes joined Purdue University in 2003 and has two roles: Assistant Director of ‎Extension and Co-Director of the Center for Regional Development. His career in higher ‎education has focused on rural policy and community and economic development. He is a ‎native of South Dakota and received his undergraduate degree from South Dakota State ‎University and his PhD in Agricultural Economics from Washington State University. ‎Prior to joining Purdue University he held faculty and various administrative roles at the ‎University of Nebraska and the University of Wyoming, and was also a Visiting ‎Professor at the University of Wisconsin. He began his academic career as a faculty ‎member at Penn State University. Cordes is listed in Who's Who in the Midwest and was ‎the 1996 recipient of the Distinguished Researcher Award from the National Rural Health ‎Association; and in 1999, he received the Founders Award from the Rural Policy ‎Research Institute. In 2000, he was selected by the Graduate School of Washington State ‎University as the first recipient of its Graduate Alumni Achievement Award; and in 2002, ‎he received the Distinguished Alumni award from South Dakota State University.‎