The Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
CSWEP is a subcommittee of the American Economics Association charged with addressing the status of women in the economics profession. It publishes a three-times-a-year newsletter, organizes sessions at the annual meetings of the AEA and the regional economics associations, runs mentoring workshops, and publishes an annual report on the status of women in the economics profession.
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The Spring/Summer 2009 Newsletter is here with articles on
"Harassment, Discrimination and Action"
Top 10 Tips on How to Get Funding
by Julia Lane, NSF Program Director
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Congratulations to American University Professors Martha Starr and Kara Reynolds, who received tenure this year. They join Mary Hansen, Maria Floro, Mieke Meurs, and Ivy Broder. Women now hold 6 of the 18 tenured faculty positions in the Economics Department. In addition, Professor Mieke Meurs received the 2008-2009 Scholar Teacher award, the highest honor bestowed upon a faculty member at American University.
Caren Grown of American University is bragging about AU's three new graduate programs in gender analysis in economics. See http://www.american.edu/cas/economics/index.cfm and check out the tracks in both the MA and PhD programs as well as a Gender Analysis in Economics graduate certificate program!
Congratulations to Professors Erica Field (Harvard University) and Michele Tertilt (Stanford University). Both have won Sloan Fellowships in economics.
Professor Donna Ginther (Director of the Center for Economic and Business Analysis at the U of Kansas) was recently promoted to full professor effective August 2009. According to CSWEP records, Professor Ginther becomes the 127th female full professor at PhD granting institutions in the U.S.
Professor Karen Polenske, Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, received much-deserved recognition recently when a group of her colleagues and former students created the Karen R. Polenske Best Student Paper Award in honor of her leading work as a scholar of China’s sustainable development. The $1K award for best student paper will be presented annually to a student member of the International Association for China Planning. Congratulations to Karen for her hard work and also for inspiring such appreciation from her students.
The WEAI has asked Ellis Tallman of Oberlin and CSWEP board member Ron Oaxaca to run its inaugural Graduate Student Dissertation Workshop at the summer meetings in Vancouver. The selected graduate student applicants will participate in a one-day intensive workshop aimed at developing their dissertation presentation skills in preparation for the job market.
CSWEP is present at the annual meetings of the AEA and the regional economics associations. Its associates arrange sessions for these meetings and work to ensure that women economists are adequately represented on the program. The Committee also hosts social events at these meetings where women economists can meet and exchange information.
CSWEP represents women's points of view in the committee work of the American Economic Association, monitors the progress of women within the profession, and makes an annual report to the AEA on the status of women in economics.
CSWEP was the moving force behind the establishment of a child-care program at the annual AEA meetings and, with NSF support, organized a successful mentoring program at the national and regional levels in 1998. With new funding from the NSF, CSWEP launched another mentorship initiative in 2004. The first set of workshops was held immediately after the January 2004 ASSA meetings in San Diego. There was a second set of national workshops in 2006, as well as one mentoring program at each of the regional association meetings. Beginning in January 2008, there will be a national workshop every other year at the ASSA meetings. On the off year, there will be a mentoring pro
gram at one of the regional meetings. Please click here for more details.
Any suggestions or comments can be e-mailed to: cswep@usm.maine.edu
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