Thursday, July 10, 2008

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Joint Mentoring and DITE Program Dinner
Dinner Panel:
Darrick Hamilton, The New School, Moderator
Lori Melichar, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rodney Andrews, RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research Program, Harvard University
Tiffany Green, RWJF Health and Society Scholars Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Friday, July 11, 2008

8:00 AM- 8:15 AM
Welcome Address
Doug Steigerwald, Summer Program Director (University of California, Santa Barbara)
William M. Rodgers III, Mentoring Program Director (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)

8:15 AM- 8:30 AM
A Description of the History and Focus of the American Economic Association’s Pipeline Conference
William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University, Mentoring Program Director

8:30 AM- 9:30 AM
“Whoa Nellie! Empirical Tests of College Football’s Conventional Wisdom”
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University

9:30 AM- 10:30 AM
“LATE for School”
Juan Carlos Suarez, University of California, Berkeley

10:30 AM-10:45 AM - BREAK

10:45 AM- 11:45 AM
“Preferential Trade Agreements on Latin America”
Gustavo Barboza and Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

11:45 AM – 12:00PM – BREAK AND GET LUNCH

12:00 PM - 1:00PM
“Do Daylight-Saving Time Adjustments Impact Human Performance?”
Doug Steigerwald, University of California, Santa Barbara

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
“The Value to Legal Status”
Todd Sorensen, University of California, Riverside

2:00 PM – 2:15PM – BREAK

2:15 PM- 3:15 PM
“The Emerging Contingent Labor Force: An Analysis of Temporary Workers”
Leslie Wallace, University of California, San Diego

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
“Till Laws Do Us Part: Changes in Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Mexico”
Nellie Lew, University of California, Santa Barbara
Trini Beleche, University of California, Riverside

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM – BREAK

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
“Aid and Agency in Africa: Explaining Ethiopian Households: 1994-2004”
Nzinga H. Broussard, University of Michigan

5:30 PM- 6:30 PM
“Gender Bias in Criminal Sentencing”
Ron Oaxacca, University of Arizona

Dinner

Saturday, July 12, 2008

8:00 AM- 9:00 AM
“Domestic Terrorism and Economic Activity: Evidence from African American Patents, 1870-1940”
Lisa Cook, Michigan State University

9:00 AM- 10:30 AM
Choosing and Thriving in Graduate School
Moderator:
Cecilia Conrad, Pomona College
Panelists:
Devin Robertson, Purdue University
Lisa Cook, Michigan State University
Clesean Glover, Howard University
Arthur-Damon Jones, University of California, Berkeley
Robynn Cox, Georgia State University
Leslie Wallace, University of Puerto Rico

10:30 AM- 12:00 PM
Careers Beyond Academia
Moderator:
Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
Panelists:
William Spriggs, Howard University
Allison McKie, Mathematica Policy Research
Yolanda Kodryski, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

12:00 PM – 2:30 PM – BREAK AND KEY NOTE PRESENTATION
“Obstacles to Faculty Diversity: What We Know About Diversity and Career Paths”
Rhonda Sharpe, University of Vermont
Jeremy Fuller
Omari Swinton, Howard University

2:30 PM- 4:00 PM
A Guide to Achieving Tenure
Moderator:
Gary Dymski, University of California, Berkeley
Panelists:
Ron Oaxacca, University of Arizona
Omari Swinton, Howard University
Salvador Martinez, Weber State University
Darrick Hamilton, The New School University

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM – BREAK

4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Keys to Producing Research
Moderator:
William Darity, Duke University
Panelists:
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University
Vicki Bogan, Cornell University
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Marie Mora, University of Texas, Pan American

5:45PM – 6:00PM – EVALUATION AND WRAP UP

Past Years:

2004 Pipeline Conference
2005 Pipeline Conference
2006 Pipeline Conference
2007 Pipeline Conference