Friday, July 14, 2006

2:00-2:15pm
Welcome, Introductions, and Logistics
Charles Becker and Rhonda Sharpe, Duke University
William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University

2:15-2:30pm
The Problem of the 21st Century: Economics Faculty and the Color Line"
Gregory Price, Director, Mississippi Urban Research Center (confirmed)

2:45-4:00pm
Session I: Writing About Multivariate Models
Jane Miller (Rutgers University)

4:15-5:30pm
Session II: Speaking About Multivariate Analysis
Jane Miller (Rutgers University)               

5:30 – 6:15pm
The Impact of Benedict College’s Success Equals Effort Grading Policy
Omari Swinton (Duke University)

6:30-8:30pm Dinner and Conversation (LOCATION: TBA)
Careers in Economics: Beyond the Academy
Moderator, Bernard Anderson (Former Assistant Secretary of Employment Standards, US Department of Labor)
Julie Somers (Congressional Budget Office)
Sue Stockly (Formerly RAND)
Lawrance Evans, Jr. (U.S. General Accounting Office)
William Spriggs (Formerly Economic Policy Institute and NUL)

Saturday, July 15, 2006

8:00-9:00am
Choosing and Thriving in Graduate School
Moderator, Warren Whatley (University of Michigan)
Rodney Andrews (University of Michigan)
Valerie Rawlston (UNC Chapel Hill)               

9:15-10:00am
Doctoral Completion and Research Productivity of Economists
Wayne Grove (Le Moyne College) and Steve Wu (Hamilton College)

10:15-11:00am
Avian Flu and Economics
Julie Somers (Congressional Budget Office)

11:15 –12:00pm
The Earnings of U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Hispanic Faculty
Mark Lopez (University of Maryland) and Marie Mora (University of Texas Pan American)

12:15-1:15pm
Navigating the Economics Job Market and the Early Years of a Tenure Track Position
Moderator, Sue Stockly (Eastern New Mexico University)
Trevon Logan (The Ohio State University)   
Vicki Bogan (Cornell University)
Salvador Martinez (Weber State University)
Larry Chavis (Stanford University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

1:15 – 2:00pm
The Advance Earned Income Tax Credit: Why is Participation so Low?
Arthur-Damon Jones (UC Berkeley)

2:15 – 3:00pm
Forecasting Mexican Inflation: The Effects of an Inflation Targeting Regime
Juan Carlos Suarez (Trinity University and UC Berkeley)

3:15-4:00pm
Challenges and the Potential of a Collaborative Approach to Education Reform
R.J. Briggs (UT Austin) and Sue Stockly (Eastern New Mexico University)

4:15 – 5:00pm
The Returns to Education in the Early Twentieth Century: New Historical Evidence
Trevon D. Logan (The Ohio State University)

5:00-5:30pm
Closing remarks
Evaluation and Feedback

6:00 – 9:00pm
Dinner and Raffle