01/16/2024
By Ben Li

From the American Economic Association:

The winners of the 2023 AEA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion are the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The award recognizes departments and organizations for outstanding achievement in diversity and inclusion practices.

The economics department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell has deliberately chosen to engage with the problem of underrepresentation of minorities within the economics profession and to operate with an increased awareness of the growing diversity of the students they serve. They pursue the commitment to making their department and the profession welcome to all by systematically mentoring faculty and students, adding content to classes to make the material relevant to the experiences and interests of their students, and actively using AEA resources to increase the knowledge and networks of their students and faculty.