Special Sessions

Keynote Lectures

Professor Caroline Hoxby

(Scott and Donya Bommer Professor in Economics; Program Director, NBER Economics of Education)

March 26, 11 am EST

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Professor Mushfiq Mobarak


(Professor of Economics, Yale University; Founder & Director, Y-RISE)


March 5, 10 am EST

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Special Session: Publishing in Economics Journals


2:00 - 3:00 PM EST on March 12, 2021 (30 minutes for Q & A)

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Moderators: Daniela Vidart & Jhacova Williams


Ray Fisman (Boston University)

Editorial Positions (Current and Past): Review of Economics & Statistics, and Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations

Rema Hanna (Harvard University)

Editorial Positions (Current and Past): Review of Economics & Statistics, AEJ: Applied, Journal of Human Resources, and Review of Economic Studies


Catherine Maclean (Temple University)

Editorial Positions: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Health Economics.


Special Session: Journey in the Economics Profession - Part I


2:00 - 3:00 PM EST on March 5, 2021 (30 minutes for Q & A)

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Moderators: Priya Mukherjee, Nishith Prakash


Lakshmi Iyer (Notre Dame University)


Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University)

Special Session: Journey in the Economics Profession - Part II


2:00 - 3:00 PM EST on March 26, 2021 (30 minutes for Q & A)

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Moderator: Maria Padilla-Romo


Jason Lindo (Texas A & M University)


Lucie Schmidt (Williams College)

Special Sessions: The Job Search Process, Research, Teaching, and Work-life Balance


Non-Academic Research, at 11:00 - 12:00 PM EST on March 5, 2021

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Moderator: Kevin Roth


David Evans (Center for Global Development)


Shwetlena Sabarwal (World Bank)


Daniel Stein (IDinsight)


Challenges on the Job Market, 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST on March 12, 2021

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Moderators: Elizabeth Luh, Ana Paula Melo Da Silva


Kundan Kishor (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)


Laura Schechter (University of Wisconsin, Madison)


Dietrich Vollrath (University of Houston)



Academia (Research Universities), at 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST on March 19, 2021

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Moderator: Shadi Atallah


Chris Karbownik (Emory University)


Maria Rosales-Rueda (Rutgers University)


Manisha Shah (University of California, Los Angeles)



Academia (Liberal Arts), at 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST on March 19, 2021

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Moderator: Tamara McGavock


Belinda Azenui (Denison University)


Sarah Pearlman (Vassar College)


Shikha Silwal (Washington & Lee University)



Post-Doctoral Opportunities, at 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST on March 26, 2021

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Sofia Amaral (ifo Institute)


Bocar Ba (University of California, Irvine)


Meera Mahadevan (University of California, Irvine)


Tejaswi Velayudhan (University of California, Irvine)


Lecturer bios can be found here and panelist bios can be found here.