ASHE Mentoring program for Mid-career Minority Economists
The lack of advancement of underrepresented economists has been described as a leaky pipe. Hispanics or Latinos make up 18.7 percent of the population, but at each stage of advancement there is a notable decline: Bachelor’s degrees (12 percent), Master’s (9 percent), and Ph.D. (6 percent). The percentages continue to decrease when we look at faculty rank: Assistant Professors (5.9 percent), Associate Professors (5.7 percent), and Full Professors (3.8 percent). A similar pattern is seen within administrative roles. The percentage of Latinx Department Heads is 3.4 percent across all departments, only 2.7 percent in business/social science departments. The percentage of Latinx university and college presidents remained unchanged at 4 percent between 2001 and 2016.
The purpose of this program is to help current faculty members advance to full professor and/or advance to an administrative role. The program pairs rising candidates with established full professors and administrators as well as conduct workshops open to the public about how to advance in their career goals.
2021-2022 Mentees
Emma Aguila, University of Southern California
Johanna Attoh, Walla Walla University
Salvador Contreras, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Kalena Cortes, Texas A&M University
Juan De la Cruz, City University of New York
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville
Enrique Lopezlira, UC Berkeley Labor Center
Vange Ocasio, Whitworth University
Sandra Orozco-Aleman, Mississippi State University
Cesar M. Rodriguez, Portland State University
Alfredo Romero, North Carolina A&T State University
Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Duke University
2021-2022 Mentors
Catalina Amuedo Dorantes, UC Merced
Alberto Davila, Southeast Missouri State University
Zadia Feliciano, City University of New York
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Syracuse University
Monica Garcia-Perez, St. Cloud State University
Jorge Gonzalez, Kalamazoo College
Mary Lopez, Occidental College
Marie Mora, University of Missouri-Saint Louis
Ronald Oaxaca, The University of Arizona
Susan Pozo, Western Michigan
Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
Sandra Trejos Clarion, University of Pennsylvania
Committee Members
Luisa Blanco, Pepperdine University, Chair
Alberto Dávila, Southeast Missouri State University, Member
Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University (retired), Member
Marie T. Mora, University of Missouri – St. Louis, Advisor