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CSWEP Mentoring Breakfast for Junior Economists


The 13th Annual Mentoring Breakfast for Junior Economists will be held Friday, January 3rd, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM in Franciscan B room, Hilton San Francisco Union Square at the 2025 òòò½Íø Meetings in San Francisco, CA. Preregistration through .

To foster communication between junior and senior members of the economics profession, CSWEP typically sponsors mentoring breakfasts during the òòò½Íø Meetings. Mentoring Breakfasts for Junior Economists are customarily held on the first and third mornings of the meetings.

Photo_Mentoring-Breakfasts.pngParticipants at the 4th Annual Mentoring Breakfast for Junior Economists speak with Wilbert van der Klaauw,
Federal Reserve Board of New York, about the life of a non-academic economist.


Mentoring Breakfasts for Junior Economists

At these informal meet and greet events, senior economists (predominately senior women) are pre-assigned to one of a variety of topical tables to provide mentoring advice to junior economists in areas such as research and publishing, tenure and promotion, non-academic careers, grant writing, teaching, work-life balance and the job market. Senior economists who have already committed to attend one or both of breakfasts represent a wide variety of institutions, including, but not limited to, Boston University, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Emory, Furman, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Michigan, Texas A&M, UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-San Diego, UC-Santa Barbara, US Air Force Academy, UT-Austin, Wesleyan, Yale, the Federal Reserve, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

Junior economists of any gender identity who have completed their PhD in the past 7 years and graduate students who are on the job market are invited to register. Participants are provided with a list of senior mentors and their topics in advance (click here for a sample Senior Mentor Roster). At the breakfast, junior participants rotate between tables at 20-minute intervals based on their own interests. With three senior mentors per table each hosting a conversation with up to three junior participants, the breakfasts typically average a mentor-mentee ratio of 1:3. Breakfast is provided. 


**Senior Economists interested in participating as mentors in this event should fill out this to send your information to the CSWEP organizers.