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Cecilia Rouse Receives 2016 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award Marina Halac Published three times annually by the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women news in the Economics Profession. 2016 ISSUE III IN THISCSWEP ISSUE FOCUS C ecilia Rouse Receives 2016 Challenges, Opportunities and Carolyn Shaw Bell Award Strategies for Female Faculty INTRODUCTION Standing in Front Cecilia Rouse, Dean of on the Status of Women of the Classroom and Interacting with Students: Challenges, Opportunities the Woodrow Wilson in the Economics Pro- and Strategies for Female Faculty in School of Public and fession (CSWEP), the Economics International Affairs, Bell Award recognizes by Anne Winkler . 3. Lawrence and Shirley and honors an individ- Teaching Challenges and Strategies Katzman and Lewis and ual who has furthered for Improvement at a Liberal Arts College Anna Ernst Professor the status of women in by Sarah Pearlman . .4 in the Economics of Ed- the economics profes- Warming Up the Climate in the ucation and Professor sion. Professor Rouse Classroom: Challenges, Strategies of Economics and Pub- will accept the Bell and Rewards lic Affairs at Princeton Award at the annual by Lisa Saunders . 5. University is the recipient of the 2016 CSWEP business meeting and award Teaching Economics to Undergraduate Students as an Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. Given annu- ceremony held during the 2017 AEA International Faculty Member ally since 1998 by the American Eco- Meeting in Chicago. by Shahina Amin . .7 nomic Association’s (AEA) Committee continues on page 12 Some Advice on Teaching Economics by Shinyi Chou . .8 Mind the Gap: Addressing Gender and Racial Disparities in Economics Marina Halac Receives 2016 by Nicole Dussault and Emily Eisner 10 Elaine Bennett Research Prize From the CSWEP Chair Chair’s Letter by Shelly Lundberg . .2 Marina Halac, Associate Economic Association Professor of Business and (AEA) Committee on the Tributes & Commendations Economics at Columbia Status of Women in the University and Associate Economics Profession 2016 Bell and Bennett Winners Announcements . 1, 12 Professor of Economics at (CSWEP), held during the the University of Warwick, 2017 AEA/ASSA Meeting Calls & Announcements is the recipient of the 2016 in Chicago, IL. The event is scheduled for 3:00–4:30 CSWEP Events at 2017 Elaine Bennett Research AEA Meeting . 13 Prize. Established in 1998, PM on January 7, 2017, at Call for CSWEP Liaisons . 14 the Elaine Bennett Research the Hyatt Regency. Summer Fellows Program . 14 Prize recognizes and hon- Marina Halac is recog- Regional Meetings . 14 ors outstanding research in any field of nized for her impressive contributions CSWEP Board . 14 economics by a woman not more than to microeconomic theory, and to our seven years beyond her Ph.D. understanding of dynamic incentives Professor Halac will formally ac- and agency problems. Her research in cept the Prize at the Business Meeting contract theory and game theory focus- and Award Ceremony of the American es on how incentives are shaped by the continues on page 12 For Free Digital Subscriptions, email [email protected] Forward the CSWEP News to colleagues and graduate students. Contributors Shelly Lundberg Shahina Amin, From the Chair Associate Professor of Economics, University of Northern Iowa Let me begin by congratulating Cecilia including a session on gender in the Rouse, who is the recipient of the 2016 economics profession. There will also Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, and Marina be sessions on the economics of educa- Halac, winner of the 2016 Elaine Ben- tion (organized by Petra Todd and Kar- nett Research Prize. Cecilia is Dean of en Conway) and on environmental eco- Shinyi Chou, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public nomics (organized by Meredith Fowlie, Frank L. Magee Catherine Wolfram and Anne Winkler). Distinguished Professor and International Affairs, Lawrence and of Economics, Lehigh Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Placement in one of these sessions con- University Ernst Professor in the Economics of tinues to be highly competitive, with Education and Professor of Economics over 120 papers submitted and only 24 Nicole Dussault, MD student, Pritzker and Public Affairs at Princeton Univer- selected. Of these, nine will be chosen School of Medicine, sity and is being honored for her contri- for inclusion in the 2017 Papers and Pro- University of Chicago butions to the status of women in eco- ceedings issue of the American Economic nomics. Marina is Associate Professor Review . of Business and Economics at Colum- Helping young economists acquire bia University and Associate Professor the skills they need to succeed has al- of Economics at the University of War- ways been an important goal of CSWEP wick and is being recognized for out- activities, and we will be sponsoring sev- Emily Eisner, standing research in her early career. eral mentoring events at the AEA/ASSA PhD student, Department of Presentation of these awards will take Meeting. The Mentoring Breakfasts for Economics, University place at the CSWEP Business Meet- Junior Economists, organized by Ama- of California, Berkeley ing during the 2017 AEA/ASSA Meet- lia Miller, are scheduled for Sunday, ing in Chicago. This event is scheduled January 8, 2017, from 8:00–10:00AM Shelly Lundberg, Leonard Broom for 3:00–4:30PM on January 7, 2017, at and Friday, January 6, 2017, from 8:00– Professor of the Hyatt Regency Chicago, and the cel- 10:00AM . Senior economists will be Demography, ebration will continue at a reception in available to answer questions and pro- Department of Economics, University the awardees’ honor that evening from vide advice at topic-themed tables. Feed- of California, Santa 6:00–7:30PM . On behalf of the CSWEP back from previous participants in these Barbara Board I invite you join us to celebrate breakfasts has been overwhelming- and honor their contributions to eco- ly positive. We encourage economists nomics and to women in economics. within six years of their PhD as well as The 2017 AEA/ASSA Meeting graduate students on the job market to Sarah Pearlman, Associate Professor in Chicago is fast approaching, and preregister for these events (details in of Economics, Vassar CSWEP will be there with a full pro- this issue and at cswep.org) and par- College gram of events that include paper ses- ticipate. For the third year, we will also sions, mentoring programs and presen- be offering a Mentoring Breakfast for tation of the 2016 Annual Report on the Mid-Career Economists, scheduled for Status of Women in the Economics Profes- Saturday, January 7, 2017, from 8:00– Lisa Saunders, sion at the Business Meeting. Full de- 10:00AM, organized by Ragan Petrie. Associate Professor of Economics, University tails are available in this issue and at At the end of the AEA/ASSA Meeting, of Massachusetts cswep.org. More events are in the plan- the 2017 CeMENT Mentoring Work- Amherst ning stages, so stay tuned. shop for Faculty in Doctoral Programs This year, CSWEP is presenting pa- will begin. This intensive and effective per sessions in three research areas mentoring experience is consistently Anne E. Winkler, (rather than the traditional two) to re- oversubscribed and relies on the gener- Chair, Department flect the broad interests of female econ- ous donation of time from senior men- of Economics, and Professor of Economics omists more effectively. Two sessions tors, who have been recruited by Direc- and Public Policy focus on the economics of gender (orga- tor Kosali Simon. Administration, nized by Kevin Lang and Laura Argys), University of Missouri- St. Louis 2 CSWEP NEWS S tanding in Front of the Classroom and Interacting with Students: Challenges, Opportunities & Strategies for Female Faculty in Economics Anne E. Winkler Economics remains a male-dominated field, particularly University of Northern Iowa, describes herself as a “petite white males, both in terms of faculty and students. What brown female professor with a funny accent.” She is con- is it like to stand in front of a classroom of students or in- scious of what makes her different and has adopted a variety teract with students one-on-one in your office when you do of practices to be effective in the classroom. Shinyi Chou is not conform to the standard picture? Women faculty in eco- Professor of Economics at Lehigh University and grew up in nomics are more likely to be directly challenged by their stu- Taiwan. She was not initially familiar with higher education dents about course content, deadlines and grading and are in the US and, over time, has made shifts in how she delivers disproportionately asked for special favors (e.g., being able course content. She describes innovative approaches that she to take an exam at a non-standard time, offering an inde- is using and offers a wealth of practical advice. pendent study and the like.) At times, these experiences can What I take away from reading these four essays is that border on outright intimidation. The difficulties are magni- I wish I had had an opportunity to read them 25-plus years fied for women who are junior in age or rank, members of ago when I was a brand-new assistant professor. I would have minority groups and international faculty members. Further greatly benefitted from the advice and support they offer. Fast compounding the situation is the view that higher education forwarding to 2016, these essays offer fresh ideas on how to should be “customer-friendly”—basically that faculty should better manage interactions with students, and more gener- be responsive to students’ demands. Since women have long ally, improve the teaching side of the job. provided “caring labor,” the customer-service view of higher education reinforces students’ expectation that women fac- ulty will be more understanding and less demanding than From the Chair their male counterparts. In this issue, four female faculty members share their In the Focus section of this you to share this issue with experiences and the solutions they have come up with as a issue of CSWEP News, or- colleagues and students who result of trial and error, consulting with colleagues and uti- ganized and introduced by are in the early stages of lizing available institutional teaching resources.
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