In 2015 the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported that only 6 percent of full-time faculty are Black and 5 percent are Latino, and these numbers are lower in economics. Similarly, a 1994 study found that there were eleven Black economists teaching at the nationâs twenty-five highest-ranked universities; a 2006 study identified thirteen such […]
On Saturday, August 10, the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity concluded its latest gathering of the Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE) program in Durham, N.C. The program, which provides mentorship and workshops to aid the transition from junior faculty status to associate professor for economists from underrepresented groups (most notably, Black, […]
In her keynote address Thursday evening, Dr. Kaye Husbands Fealing relayed an astonishing fact to a room of economists: From 2011-2020, the annual number of economics PhDs awarded to black women never rose above the single digits. âItâs amazing how small these numbers are relative to the job that needs to be done,â said Dr. […]
Dr. Peter Q. Blair, a participating fellow in Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics’ (DITE) 11th cohort with the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, has been promoted to associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) effective July 1. Dr. Blair’s work as an economist focuses on the […]
The spring gathering of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity’s Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE) program wrapped up its 3-day program in Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 4. The program, which provides mentorship and workshops to aid the transition from junior faculty status to associate professor for economists from underrepresented groups (most […]
On Tuesday, the Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics kicked off its spring meeting in Washington, D.C. The DITE program, which provides mentorship and workshops to aid the transition from junior faculty status to associate professor for economists from underrepresented groups (most notably, Black, Latinx, and Native American economists), is currently in the midst of […]
