CSWEP South
Southern Economics Association (SEA) 96th Annual Meeting
November 21-23, 2026
Marriott Maruis Houston
Houston, TX
CSWEP (Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession) will sponsor several sessions at the Southern Economics Association Meetings to be held 21-23 November 2026 at the Marriott Marquis Houston, Houston, Texas.
Orgul Ozturk (CSWEP Southern representative) will organize several sessions in applied microeconomics fields. Among the topics of interest are demographic shifts and social policy response, fertility and reproductive control, food insecurity and the differential impact of health and education policy by race and gender in the short and long run. We welcome papers using a variety of methodologies, both theoretical and applied approaches. Papers in these areas are particularly solicited, although submissions in other areas will also be considered for potential separate sessions. (Extended abstracts will be considered if a full paper draft is not available.) Proposals for complete sessions (organizer, chair, presenters, and discussants) are encouraged. Session submissions should include: (1) paper abstracts; (2) name, email address, and affiliation of all authors and session participants; and (3) which author will present each paper if accepted.
The deadline to submit a paper or session has passed. For more information please email Orgul Ozturk, CSWEP Southern Representative, odozturk@moore.sc.edu and request a link for submissions.
Southern Economic Association: Successfully Navigating Your Economics PhD: A Mentoring Workshop for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and Higher Year Women/Non-Binary Economics PhD Students
Date: Friday, November 20, 2026; 10:30am-5pm ET, followed by an optional networking reception.
Deadline: July 17, 2026
The workshop is the day before the main SEA meeting, and will be held in person. Workshop mentees are not required to attend the SEA. To apply, please use this form which asks you basic questions and invites you to upload your CV and a one-page research proposal by Friday, July 17st, 2026. All 3rd or higher years women/non-binary economics PhD students are encouraged to apply. Students from under-represented minority backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
Purpose:
In most economics PhD programs, students will have completed their coursework and chosen their fields by the completion of their second year. Then, students face the daunting and exciting task of conducting their own independent research, sometimes for the first time in their lives. Students can feel overwhelmed and lost at this juncture in their studies and may not always have access to support and resources that can help them navigate graduate school successfully and make the most out of their PhD experience. Women and non-binary students, who are substantially under-represented in economics education and the profession and face a variety of systemic barriers, may be at a particular disadvantage, and may lack women/non-binary peers, role models, or mentors in their own departments and networks. The goal of this workshop is to begin to address this need. The material in this call and used in the workshop is based on the work of Professor Maya Rossin-Slater (National Science Foundation Grant SES-1752203). We are grateful to CSWEP and the Co-Impact Grant for providing funding for the workshop in 2026.
History and Details:
The workshop will be modeled after the first workshops of this kind, the first of which was held at Stanford University in September 2019 for students from California (organized by Professor Maya Rossin-Slater) and the second which was held virtually in November 2020 (organized by Professors Maya Rossin-Slater and Jennifer Doleac). The workshop is also inspired by the CeMENT workshop for women assistant professors in economics, which is hosted by the Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) and the American Economic Association (AEA).
Student participants will be organized into small groups based on shared research interests, and each group will be matched with two mentors. Mentors will be women or non-binary economists in early stages of their careers – assistant and associate professors in economics and other departments, as well as those employed outside academia (e.g., research think tanks, government positions, industry). The workshop will focus on a variety of issues, including generating research ideas, finding advisors, collaboration and co-authorship, finding opportunities to present research and get feedback, networking, and work-life balance.
The workshop will include panels and Q&A sessions, as well as small-group activities and informal discussions, and will be followed by an optional networking reception for participants. Student participants will also receive feedback on their research proposals from the mentors. Student participants and mentors are not required to attend the SEA conference.
Don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us on the organizing committee with questions:
Brianna Halladay
Assistant Professor of Economics
Trinity College
Email: brianna.halladay@trincoll.edu
Orgul Ozturk
Department Chair and Professor of Economics
Darla Moore School of Business, the University of South Carolina
Email: odozturk@moore.sc.edu
Olga Shurchkov
Professor of Economics
Paula Phillips Bernstein ‘58 Faculty Director of the Madeleine K. Albright Institute for Global Affairs
Wellesley College
Email: olga.shurchkov@wellesley.edu
Orgul Ozturk, Southern Representative
Department Chair and Professor
Department of Economics
University of South Carolina
Darla Moore School of Business
Room 452I
odozturk@moore.sc.edu