To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: AEA Elections and Other Announcements

The American Economic Association is pleased to announce the results from the 2021 Election of Officers for 2022: Susan C. Athey (president-elect), David H. Autor and Caroline M. Hoxby (vice-presidents), Amanda Bayer and Melvin Stephens, Jr. (members). For more information, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/leadership/election-winners.

Procedures governing the nominating process for the election can be found online at https://www.aeaweb.org/nominatingprocedures.

Register now for the 2022 ASSA Meeting. Registration is open for the virtual meeting, which will take place January 7–9, 2022. We look forward to your contributions to an engaging and successful 2022 meeting! See https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/.

The AEA's 2022 Continuing Education Program will be held as a virtual event on January 10-11, 2022.  Participants can choose from three concurrent programs. Topics include: DSGE Modeling in Macroeconomics led by Larry Christiano and Martin Eichenbaum, both of Northwestern University; Modern Sampling Methods: Design and Inference led by Keisuke Hirano of Pennsylvania State University and Jack Porter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Quantitative Approaches to Economic History led by Ran Abramitzky of Stanford University and Leah Platt Boustan of Princeton University. To register or obtain more information, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/cont-ed/.

First Round Job Market Interviews have always been a central part of the ASSA Annual Meeting but will occur online once again for 2022. We hope that you will continue to take advantage of the JOE Network for your candidate profiles, job listings, and letter writing, as well as the application module that includes a tool for scheduling interviews. The AEA will continue to provide Signaling and the Job Market Scramble. The Ad Hoc Committee on the Job Market offers guidance and periodic updates on conditions in the job market.

2021-22 Minority Job Market Candidates. The Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession (CSMGEP) maintains a web page listing of 2021-22 minority job market candidates as a resource for employers. If you identify as American Indian, Alaskan Native, Black (not of Hispanic origin), Hispanic (including persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Central or South American origin), or Pacific Islander and would like to be added to this list, please email Committee co-chair Gary A. Hoover at ghoover@tulane.edu.

The AEA wants to help keep you informed! EconTrack – the AEA Job Information Board is now open to provide job candidates with reliable information about the status of open positions during the annual job market cycle. This service is hosted by the AEA and is intended to provide verified and up-to-date information in a professional climate. We need your department’s participation to make it successful! Please encourage your recruiters and hiring teams to supply status information for open positions at your institution. Learn more at https://www.aeaweb.org/econtrack.

Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Editor of the AEJ: Economic Policy seeks nominations for coeditor or board members for the journal. Nominations that diversify the current board and team of coeditors are especially welcomed. For more details and to submit nominations by October 15, visit https://t.co/35rncLauy3?amp=1.

Procedures governing the appointment of coeditors, associate editors, and editorial board members of AEA Journals are available online. For more information, visit https://www.aeaweb.org/journals/policies/appointment-procedures.

AEA's Best Practices for Economists: Building a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Productive Profession at https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/best-practices offers guidelines for professional activity in four areas: conducting research, serving as colleagues, working with students, and leading departments and workplaces. Click through to find practical suggestions for implementation, summaries of supporting research, and links to a multitude of online resources. Departments are strongly encouraged to post or link to these guidelines on their own websites, and to implement and support them in their everyday activities.

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