CSWEP Board: Didem Tüzemen

Dr. Didem Tuzemen is the Vice President of Product and Development at the Coleridge Initiative. In this role, she works with partners to develop research products and directs the Democratizing our Data Challenge program. Previously, she was a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. She also served as Executive Director of the Kansas City Federal Statistical Research Data Center. Dr. Tuzemen holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Maryland College Park.

Tüzemen is a labor economist whose research has studied changes in labor force participation patterns of various demographic groups due to shifting job opportunities in the labor market and economic downturns. She was among the first to document the disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women, especially those without a college degree and minority mothers. Her research findings have been cited in various news outlets, such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Bloomberg. She has organized and co-organized various conferences over the years, including the Kansas City Fed’s Women in System Economic Conference, which promotes research of women economists in the System. She has been active in mentoring activities as she believes in the importance of mentoring in improving diversity and inclusion in the profession. Tüzemen joined the Federal Reserve after earning her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also holds a B.S. degree in physics and an M.A. degree in economics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.