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Fall 2005 Published Three Times Annually by the American Economic Association’S Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Fall 2005 Published three times annually by the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Pushing for a More CONTENTS Top Ten Tips for Developing and TOP Humane Society Maintaining Networks: 1, 9 by Barbara R. Bergmann Pushing for a More Humane Society: 1, 9–10 TEN From the Chair: 2 Feature Articles: Lecturers, Adjuncts, Barbara Bergmann is the 2004 recipient Instructors: 3–8 TIPS of the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award CSWEP Events at the 2006 ASSA Meeting, FOR DEVELOPING Published with permission by Elgar January 6-8, Boston, MA: 11 Publishing. Adapted from the book AND MAINTAINING Reflections of Eminent Economists Summary of Western Economic NETWORKS edited by Michael Szenberg and Lall Association Meetings in San Ramrattan. Francisco, CA: 12 Like most economists, I came to the CSWEP Sessions, Southern Economic 1. Volunteer to organize profession not through any great inter- Association, 2005 Conference: 13 a session at a regional (or na- est in the actual economy itself. Rather, Call for Papers: 14 tional) meeting. The regional I enjoyed studying and creating mod- associations in particular welcome els of simple processes that might or Announcements: 15 full sessions as well as individu- might not resemble what goes on in Upcoming Regional Meetings: al submissions. Ask top people in the actual economy—a form, really, of back cover your field if they have an interest recreational mathematics. However, as time went on, I in presenting a paper or have any- became interested as well in working on issues of race, one who might have such a paper. gender, and poverty in the economy, and the social policy 2. Volunteer to participate questions these issues raised. I have been able to use my as a discussant in sessions on standing as an economist, and even a bit here and there of Lecturers, Adjuncts, Instructors: your topics of interest. If you my economics training to write on these matters, and, I Academic Life on a Track Different from the know someone who is organizing hope, to make a contribution to the eventual achievement Tenure Track a session, email them and express of a more humane world. uuuuu your interest in participating. For I was born in 1927 in the Bronx. I became an atheist page 3 Introduction by Lori G. Kletzer example, even if you donʼt have at age four, when I failed to receive a minor favor I had a paper to submit, you could con- prayed for and believed I deserved. It then occurred to me page 4 So You Want to Be an Adjunct tact the organizers of the CSWEP that nobody was up there listening. I became a feminist Professor? by Martha Olney sessions to offer your services as a (a person who believes in working toward the equality of discussant. women and men) at age five, when it became obvious to page 5 “I have the best job in the world” 3. Accept as many requests me that you needed your own money to be an independent by Sara Fisher Ellison for referee reports and proposal person, which was what I wanted to be when I grew up. page 7 Life as a Lecturer: Trade-Offs reviews that you can. Turn them My grandparents had come to the United States from Abound by Mary Flannery in on time. If you absolutely can- Eastern Europe in the huge wave of immigration prior to not do it, pass along one or two 1914, fleeing anti-Semitism. Neither of my parents stayed page 8 Choosing Teaching as a Career by names of appropriate substitutes. in school through high school, because their families need- Haideh Salehi-Esfahani 4. Volunteer to do a book ed the money they could earn. One of my motherʼs sisters review for a relevant major jour- had been sent to work at seven, and never learned to read continued on page 9 continued on page 9 DIRECTORY OF CSWEP BOARD MEMBERS From the Chair Francine D. Blau, Chair Lori Kletzer Department of Economics Cornell University There is much to report about CSWEPʼs ac- 265 Ives Hall University of California, Santa Cruz Ithaca, NY 14853 204 Social Sciences tivities over the past few months. Work on our (607) 255-4381 1156 High Street National Science Foundation (NSF) funded FAX (607) 255-4496 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 mentoring initiative has continued. So far we [email protected] (831) 459-3596 [email protected] have held one national workshop at the ASSA Joan G. Haworth, Membership-Chair meetings in San Diego in 2004 and three re- ERS Group Catherine L. Mann gional workshops—at the Eastern Economic 4901 Tower Court Institute for International Economics Association meetings in February 2004, the Tallahassee, FL 32303 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. (850) 562-1211 Washington, DC 20036 Southern meetings in November 2004 and the FAX (850) 562-3838 (202) 328-9000 Western meetings this past July. We will be holding a national workshop in [email protected] FAX (202) 659-3225 January at the upcoming ASSA meetings in Boston. This will be followed by a [email protected] regional workshop at the March 2006 Midwest Economic Association meetings Katharine G. Abraham University of Maryland Karine S. Moe in Chicago. While the application process for the national meetings is closed, 1218 LeFrak Hall Macalester College there is still time to apply for the regional workshop before its November 15 College Park, MD 20742 1600 Grand Avenue deadline. Check out our web site http://www.cswep.org/mentoring/register.htm (301) 405-1004 St. Paul, MN 55105 for additional information. This will complete the cycle of workshops funded FAX (301) 314-7912 (651) 696-6793 [email protected] FAX (651) 696-6746 by our NSF grant. Building on the success of these earlier workshops, the Board [email protected] plans to seek funding for a new round of mentoring workshops in the future. Lisa Barrow We look forward to seeing you at CSWEP activities at the Boston ASSA Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Sharon Oster meetings in January where we will have six sessions, three on gender-related 230 S. LaSalle Street Yale University School of Chicago, IL 60604 Management issues and three focused on industrial organization. In addition, we will be spon- (312) 322-5073 135 Prospect Street soring a panel discussion, “Jump-Starting Your Career: Ph.D. +/-3”. We also FAX (312) 322-2357 Box 208200 hope you will be able to join us at the CSWEP Hospitality Suite (Liberty A&B [email protected] New Haven, CT 06520 at the Sheraton) January 6th and 7th 7:30 to 4:00 and January 8th 7:30 to noon— (203) 432-5969 Rachel Croson [email protected] we will have a continental breakfast beginning at 7:30 every morning and we OPIM: The Wharton School will have beverages available throughout the day. This is a place to network with University of Pennsylvania Ann Owen other economists or to spend a few quiet minutes reading the paper. So do come Economics Department Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366 and bring your friends. We (215) 898-3025 Hamilton College FAX (215) 898-3664 Clinton, NY 13323 are looking for volunteers to [email protected] (315) 859-4419 help staff the hospitality suite. [email protected] If you are available to help, Daniel S. Hamermesh University of Texas at Austin Nancy Rose please email times that you are Department of Economics Massachusetts Institute of available to cswep@cornell. Austin, TX 78712 Technology edu. And plan on coming to (512) 475-8526 Department of Economics the CSWEP business meeting FAX (512) 471-3510 MIT Room E52-371B th [email protected] Cambridge MA 02139 on January 6 6:00 to 7:00 in (617) 253-8956 Sheraton/Republic B (note the Gail Hoyt FAX (617) 253-1330 change in time from the pub- University of Kentucky [email protected] lished ASSA program). At 335D Gatton Business & Economics Bldg. the business meeting we will Lexington, KY 40506-0034 be announcing the 2005 win- (869) 257-2517 ner of the Carolyn Shaw Bell CSWEP Board 2005 FAX (869) 323-1920 award. Please join us for this [email protected] exciting occasion. And do not miss the CSWEP reception immediately fol- lowing in Sheraton/Republic A. Further details about CSWEP activities at the Boston ASSA meetings and about CSWEP events at the upcoming Southern What is CSWEP? Economics Association meetings are provided in this newsletter. CSWEP (the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession) is a standing committee of the AEA (American Economics The Boston ASSA meetings will mark the end of my three-year term as Association). It was founded in 1971 to monitor the position of women Chair of CSWEP. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as Chair. Itʼs in the economics profession and to undertake activities to improve that been a big job but a very gratifying one, and one that has been made much eas- position. Our thrice yearly newsletters are one of those activities. See our ier by the help of a hard working Board, the cooperation of AEA headquarters website at www.cswep.org for more information on what we are doing. in Nashville and Cornell Universityʼs ILR School, my home institution, and the CSWEP NEWSLETTER STAFF able support of Liane OʼBrien, the CSWEP administrator. I reflect with plea- Francine Blau, Editor sure that as CSWEP looks towards the thirty-fifth anniversary of its founding Lori Kletzer, Co-editor Liane O’Brien, Assistant Editor in 2007, it remains a healthy, vibrant organization.
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