AEA Committee on Economic Education (AEA-CEE)

AEA-CEE is pleased to present volume 2, issue 1 of EconEdNews, available now at https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/economic-education/econednews. The newsletter provides timely information about conferences and events sponsored by the AEA-CEE, highlights resources for educators, and shares economic education activities associated with organizations in the U.S. and abroad.

The 13th annual AEA Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE) will be held on May 29-31, 2024, at the Loews Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, GA. The conference is hosted by the AEA-CEE in conjunction with the Journal of Economic Education. Plenary talks will be given by Peter Arcidiacono of Duke University, Sarah Turner of the University of Virginia, and Raphael Bostic of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. A preliminary program, registration, and housing information for the conference are available at https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/economic-education/ctree/2024.

AEA-CEE will sponsor a poster session at the 2025 ASSA Meeting devoted to active learning strategies across the economics curriculum. Instead of papers, session presenters will prepare large visual poster summaries of their work, which will be mounted in an exhibition room to allow presenters to talk directly with session participants. Proposals are due by April 30. For more information and details about where to submit your proposals, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/economic-education/call-for-papers.

The AEA Distinguished Economic Education Award, which is adjudicated by AEA-CEE, was established to acknowledge excellence in economic education at a national level. Nominations must be able to document at least 15 years of sustained and impactful contribution to several areas of economic education, including teaching, the development of curriculum and pedagogy, scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) of economics, mentoring of students and young faculty, and service at the institutional, regional, and state levels. The award will be conferred annually at the AEA-CEE’s Friends of Economic Education Reception and recognized at an awards ceremony at the ASSA Meeting. Visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/distinguished-economic-education-award for more information and a link to the nomination submission portal.

AEA Committee on Economics Statistics (AEAStat)

AEAStat has issued a statement on “Implications of New Privacy Protection Methods for Economic Research,” which follows up on a working lunch held by the committee at the 2023 ASSA Meeting in New Orleans. As a summary of the working lunch discussed, federal statistical agencies are exploring new methods of protecting public-use data files against disclosure risks, including via new statistical methods like differential privacy and new data-access systems that combine synthetic public-use data files with validation or verification servers. These changes will substantially alter how researchers access and use micro data from federal data collections outside of restricted data-access programs like the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers. The statement makes six recommendations relating to new privacy protection methods, centered on the importance of creating channels to keep economists informed as to forthcoming changes and enlisting economists’ involvement in developing statistical and econometric methods that will be needed to maintain the high value of public-use data files for economic research. The AEAStat statement can be found at https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=20449.

AEA Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (CSMGEP)

CSMGEP is requesting proposals for the next AEA Summer Program host. Preliminary proposals are due August 1. Details about the application process can be found at the following link https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aeasp/hosting-applicant-guidelines. To learn more about the current program hosted by Howard University in Washington DC, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/aeasp.

CSMGEP is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kristen Broady of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as the new director of the Summer Economics Fellows Program. The Association and CSMGEP would like to thank outgoing director, Dr. Dan Newlon, for his many years of service. For more information about the Summer Fellows Program, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/summer-fellows-program.

AEA Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)

Call for Nominations for the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. The annual Carolyn Shaw Bell Award is given to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession through example, achievements, increasing our understanding of how women can advance in the economics profession, or mentoring others. The award winner will be recognized at the January 2025 ASSA Meeting in San Francisco, California. Nominations are due by September 20, 2024. For more information about submitting a nomination and a list of past recipients of the award, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/cswep/awards/bell.

Call for Nominations for the CSWEP Elaine Bennett Research Prize. The annual Elaine Bennett Research Prize supports, encourages, and recognizes outstanding contributions by young women in the economics profession. Nominees should be at the beginning of their career, normally within ten years of completing their dissertation and earning their PhD. However, adjustments will be made for nominees who have had childrearing or medical leave. Nominees will have demonstrated exemplary research contributions in their field. Nominations should contain the candidate's CV, relevant publications, a letter of nomination, and two supporting letters. The Bennett Prize is for fundamental intellectual contributions to economics. Correspondingly, the nomination letter should describe the candidate’s research and its significance, and supporting letters should come from experts in the field who are best able to speak to these contributions, regardless of departmental or agency affiliation. The prize will be awarded at the January 2025 ASSA Meeting in San Francisco, California. Nominations are due by September 20, 2024. Send nominations for this award to Kristine Etter, CSWEP Committee Coordinator, at info@cswep.org. For more information and to see a list of past recipients of the prize, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/cswep/awards/bennett.

Be sure to read 2024 CSWEP News Issue I: The 2023 Report on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession – By Anusha Chari and Margaret Levenstein. Issue II will focus on Tenured Women Faculty Tenure Leaving Academia and will be out soon! Sign up to receive the newsletters.