Friday, July 14th
2:00-2:15 pm
Welcome, Introductions, and Logistics
Charles Becker and Rhonda Sharpe, Duke University,
William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University
2:15-2:30 pm
The Problem of the 21st Century: Economics Faculty
and the Color Line, Gregory Price, Director, Mississippi
Urban Research Center
2:45-4:00 pm
Session I: Writing About Multivariate Models
Jane Miller (Rutgers University)
4:15-5:30 pm
Session II: Speaking About Multivariate Analysis
Jane Miller (Rutgers University)
5:30 – 6:15 pm
The Impact of Benedict College’s Success Equals
Effort Grading Policy, Omari Swinton (Duke University)
6:30-8:30 pm Careers in Economics: Beyond the
Academy (Dinner served DJ and dancing after)
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)
Allison McKie (Mathematica Policy Research)
Saturday, July 15th (Continental breakfast served)
8:00-9:00 am
Choosing and Thriving in Graduate School
Moderator, Warren Whatley (University of Michigan)
Rodney Andrews (University of Michigan)
Valerie Wilson (UNC Chapel Hill)
9:15-10:00 am
Doctoral Completion and Research Productivity of
Economists, Wayne Grove (Le Moyne College) and Steve
Wu (Hamilton College)
10:15-11:00 am
A Potential Influenza Pandemic: Possible
Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Issues
Julie Somers (Congressional Budget Office)
11:15 –12:00 pm
The Earnings of U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Hispanic
Faculty, Mark Lopez (University of Maryland) and Marie
Mora (University of Texas Pan American)
12:15-1:15 pm
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)
Darrick Hamilton (The New School)
1:15 – 2:00 pm
The Advance Earned Income Tax Credit: Why is
Participation so Low? Arthur-Damon Jones (UC
Berkeley)
2:15 – 3:00 pm
Forecasting Mexican Inflation: The Effects of an
Inflation Targeting Regime
Juan Carlos Suarez (Trinity University and UC Berkeley)
3:15-4:00 pm
High-Stakes Testing and Low-Resolution Analysis, R.J.
Briggs (UT Austin) and Sue Stockly (Eastern New Mexico
University)
4:15 – 5:00 pm
The Returns to Education in the Early Twentieth
Century: New Historical Evidence, Trevon D. Logan (The
Ohio State University)
5:00-5:30 pm
Closing remarks
Evaluation and Feedback
6:00- ??
Dinner and Raffle
NEW PROFESSIONALS
Vicky Bogan, Cornell University
Gustavo Barboza, Mercyhurst College
Larry Chavis, UNC Chapel Hill
Trevon D. Logan, The Ohio State University
Salvador Martinez, Weber State University
Allison McKie, Mathematica Policy Research
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylania
Valerie Wilson, UNC Chapel Hill
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Rodney Andrews, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
R.J. Briggs, University of Texas, Austin
Cruz Bueno, University of Mass-Amherst
Robynn Cox, Georgia State University
Osmond Lindo Jr., Claremont Graduate University
Marquise McGraw, University of Michigan
Kevin Monroe, University of Minnesota
Gilbert Perkins, Howard University
Manuel Louis Pino, University of Colorado at Denver
Samuel Roe, New York University
Lariza Sepulveda, New Mexico State University
Juan Carlos Suarez, University of California, Berkeley
Arthur-Damon Jones, University of California, Berkeley
Vincent Mangum, Jackson State University
Lourdes R. Rodriguez, University of Houston
Omari Swinton, Duke University
MENTORS/FRIENDS OF THE PROGRAM/ADVOCATES
Bernard Anderson, University of Pennsylvania
Charles Becker, Duke University
Gregory Chambers, Georgia Perimeter College
Lawrance Evans, Jr., U.S. General Accounting Office
Wayne Grove, Le Moyne College
Fabia Gumbau-Brisa, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Darrick Hamilton, The New School
Al Headen, NC State University
Willene Johnson, Cornell University
Yolanda Kodrzycki, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University
Mark Lopez, University of Maryland
Jane Miller, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Marie Mora,University of Texas Pan American
Giovanni Olivei, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Gregory Price, Mississippi Urban Research Center
Dan Reichgott, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers, New Jersey
Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University
Rhonda V. Sharpe, Duke University
Julie Somers, Congressional Budget Office
William Spriggs, Howard University
Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Warren Whatley, University of Michigan
Steve Wu, Hamilton College
PIPELINE STUDENT ASSISTANT
Vlademir Aveno, Rutgers University
2006 AEASP STUDENTS
Fenaba Addo (R), Duke University
Efua Afful,Temple University
Faris Al Mazrui, Davidson College
Projesh Banerjea, DePauw University
Krystal Barker, Bowdoin College
Karl Boulware, Baruch College
Elizabeth Chorvat, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Terrence Chorvat , Northwestern University
Millicent Coins, Northeastern University
Nicholas Crowley, US Air Force Academy
Ashley Custard, Vanderbilt University
Nicholas della Cioppa, Loyola Marymount University
Jerome Dugan, Clemson University
Monica Finks, University of Redlands
Jeremy Fuller, Duke University
Carlos Galindo, City College of New York
Adrian Garcia-Mosqueira, UC- Riverside
Fred Ghansah, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Senay Goitom, Brown University
Julio Cesar Hernandez-Correa, University of Puerto Rico
Janelle Jones, Spelman College
Yi Kang, Wesleyan College
Jung Lim Koo, Emory University
Darryl Love (R), Tuskegee University
Edgar Luna, University of Denver
Daniel MacDonald, Seton Hall University
Chan Mang, University of California, Los Angeles
Keith Martinez, Morehouse College
Nedra McLaughlin, Princeton University
Ruth Morales, San Diego State University
Lawrence Mosley (R), Southern University, Baton Rouge
Racha Moussa, American University of Beirut
Tricia Neblett, Baruch College
Andy Nguyen, Portland State University
Viet Nguyen, University of Houston
James Orr, University of Tennessee, Martin
Norma Padron, University of Texas, Pan American
Moselye Pierre, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Stefanie Ramirez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Devin Roberson, City College of New York
David Ruiz Jr., University of Texas, Pan American
Angela Sheffield, US Air Force Academy
Howard Smith, University of Rochester
Hervé-Richard Thomas, Ohio State University
Ejinde Ume (R) , Eastern New Mexico University
SUMMER PROGRAM FACULTY
Djeto Assané, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Charles Becker, Duke University
Seth Carpenter, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Neil Ericsson, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Hamilton Fout, UNC- Chapel Hill
Dan Graham, Duke University
Shawn Knabb, Western Washington University
Marjorie McElroy, Duke University
Pietro Peretto, Duke University
Hal Snarr, NC A&T State University
Rhonda V. Sharpe, Duke University
Curtis Taylor, Duke University
Kirk White, Duke University
SUMMER PROGRAM TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Michael Aguilar, UNC- Chapel Hill
Idrissa Boly, Duke University
Iván DeJesús, Teachers College, Columbia University
Florin Dorobantu, Duke University
Tiffany Green, UNC-Chapel Hill
Marco Hernandez, Duke University
Bomani Jones, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jason Jones, UNC-Chapel Hill
Silvana Krasteva, Duke University
Amos Peters, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sheri Pruitt, U of Maryland
Natalia Sizova, Duke University
Valerie Wilson, UNC-Chapel Hill
Thanks to the following institutions for their financial
or in kind support: Rutgers University, University of
Pennsylvania, University of Vermont, Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., The
Ohio State University, and the U.S. General Accounting
Office.
2006 Pipeline Conference
July 14-15, 2006
Committee on the Status of
Minorities in the Profession
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina