American Society of Hispanic Economists
Formation |
2002 United States |
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Membership | Open membership - Anyone can join who supports the mission |
Website |
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Mission and background
Founded in 2002, the American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is a professional association of economists who are concerned with the under-representation of Hispanics in the economics profession at a time when Hispanics represent over 18% of the U.S. population. The primary goals of ASHE include: (1) promoting the vitality of Hispanics in the economics profession through education, service, and excellence; (2) promoting rigorous research on economic and policy issues affecting U.S. Hispanic communities and the nation as a whole; and (3) engaging more Hispanic Americans to participate in the economics profession. Since January 2009 under the leadership of Marie Mora, ASHE has been officially recognized by the American Economic Association as one of the academic organizations comprising the Allied Social Sciences Association.
Major activities
ASHE organizes sessions at academic conferences, including the annual meetings of the Allied Social Sciences Association, the Southern Economic Association, and the Western Economic Association International. ASHE has also co-sponsored and co-organized a series of national conferences, including the 2010 and 2014 Hispanic Economic Issues conferences with the Americas Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the 2011 Hispanic Economic Experience conference with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and the annual Freedom and Justice conference with the National Economic Association, starting in 2014. Moreover, ASHE has been co-hosting the annual Economic Issues Affecting Hispanic and African American Communities conferences with the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University since 2007.
During her presidency, Marie Mora founded the ASHE awards, including the biennial Academic Achievement Award (inaugurated in 2008) to recognize the impact of members on research/scholarship, and the biennial Outstanding Service to ASHE Awards (inaugurated in 2009) to recognize the impact of the non-board members on ASHE by individuals and institutions/agencies/organizations. The ASHE Academic Achievement Awards are presented in even-numbered years at the annual business meeting (held at the ASSA annual meetings); the Outstanding Service Awards to ASHE are presented to individuals and institutions/agencies/organizations in odd-numbered years. Mora also founded the ASHE Dissertation Fellowships (inaugurated in 2008) for Ph.D. students.
ASHE maintains an active listserv to distribute information on a variety of topics, including employment opportunities, fellowships, grants and funding opportunities, research opportunities, conferences, among other items. Moreover, in conjunction with the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession and the National Economic Association, ASHE publishes an annual newsletter called The Minority Report.
Starting in 2009, ASHE's Hispanic Economic Outlook Committee (which was co-founded by Marie Mora, Mark Hugo Lopez, and Alberto Davila in 2008) began disseminating the Hispanic Economic Outlook reports. These reports are available at the ASHE website, and selected issues can be accessed at the Social Science Research Network website.
ASHE Presidents
- Susan Pozo, Western Michigan University, January 2018 - present
- Luisa Blanco, Pepperdine University, January 2017 - December 2017
- Joseph Guzman, Michigan State University, January 2016 - December 2016
- Alberto Davila, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley / The University of Texas - Pan American (now at Southeast Missouri State University), January 2015 - December 2015
- Catalina Amuedo Dorantes, San Diego State University, January 2014 - December 2014
- David J. Molina, University of North Texas, October 2010 - December 2013
- Marie Mora, The University of Texas - Pan American (now The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), October 2006 - September 2010
- Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University, October 2004 - September 2006
- Mark Hugo Lopez, University of Maryland (now at the Pew Research Center), October 2003 - September 2004
- Adela de la Torre, University of California Davis (now at San Diego State University), October 2002 - September 2003
ASHE Academic Achievement Awards
- 2018 - Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center
- 2016 - Adela de la Torre, University of California Davis
- 2014 - Alberto Davila, The University of Texas - Pan American
- 2012 - Stephen Trejo, The University of Texas at Austin
- 2010 - Francisco Rivera-Batiz, Columbia University
- 2008 - Ronald Oaxaca, University of Arizona; and Refugio Rochin, University of California Davis
ASHE Outstanding Service to ASHE Awards
- 2017 - Institutional Award - National Economic Association
- 2017 - Individual Award - Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
- 2015 - Institutional Award - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy, University of New Mexico
- 2015 - Individual Award - Belinda Roman, Palo Alto College
- 2013 - Institutional Award - Western Economic Association International, and Community Development Office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- 2013 - Individual Award - Luisa Blanco, Pepperdine University
- 2011 - Institutional Award - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Department of Economics at Texas A&M University
- 2011 - Individual Award - Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University
- 2009 - Institutional Award - Southern Economic Association, and Department of Economics at Texas A&M University
- 2009 - Individual Award - Benjamin Widner, New Mexico State University; and Jose Pagan, Department of Economics & Finance, The University of Texas - Pan American
Founding members
ASHE was founded in January 2002 during the 2002 AEA/ASSA annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, over a dinner meeting of Hispanic economists organized by Joseph Guzman and Sue Stockly, sponsored by the RAND Corporation. The founding members included the following.
- Alberto Davila, University of Texas - Pan American
- Adela de la Torre, University of California Davis
- Joseph Guzman, RAND Corporation
- Mark Hugo Lopez, University of Maryland
- David Molina, University of North Texas
- Marie Mora, New Mexico State University
- Jose Pagan, University of Texas - Pan American
- Refugio Rochin, University of California Davis
- Richard Santos, University of New Mexico
- Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
- Stephen Trejo, University of Texas at Austin