The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is a

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of economists in the United States that promotes the representation of

Hispanic Americans Hispanic and Latino Americans ( es, Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; pt, Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of Spaniards, Spanish and/or Latin Americans, Latin American ancestry. More broadly, these demographics include a ...

within the economics profession and supports economic research relevant to Hispanic Americans. ASHE is recognized by the

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as one of the academic organizations comprising the

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Major activities

ASHE organizes sessions at academic conferences, including the annual meetings of the

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, the

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, and the

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. 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

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, the 2011 ''Hispanic Economic Experience'' conference with the

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, and the annual ''Freedom and Justice'' conferences with the

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, starting in 2014. Moreover, ASHE co-hosted the annual ''Economic Issues Affecting Hispanic and African American Communities'' conferences with the Department of Economics at

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

between 2007 and 2019. During her presidency, Marie T. 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 Awards (inaugurated in 2009) to recognize the impact of the non-board members on ASHE by individuals as well as institutions and 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 are presented in odd-numbered years. Mora also founded the ASHE Dissertation Fellowships (inaugurated in 2008) for Ph.D. students. In conjunction with the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession and the

, ASHE publishes an annual newsletter called ''The Minority Report''. Starting in 2009, ASHE's Hispanic Economic Outlook Committee (which was co-founded by Marie T. 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

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website.

ASHE Presidents

* Jose Fernandez,

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, January 2021 - present * Mónica García-Pérez, St. Cloud State University, January 2020 - December 2020 * Fernando Lozano,

Pomona College Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became ...

, January 2019 - December 2019 * Susan Pozo,

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers ...

, January 2018 - December 2018 * Luisa Blanco,

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and t ...

, January 2017 - December 2017 * Joseph Guzman,

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, January 2016 - December 2016 * Alberto Davila,

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/ The

University of Texas - Pan American A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

(now at Southeast Missouri State University), January 2015 - December 2015 *

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes is a Spanish economist, a Professor in the Economics and Business Management faculty at the University of California, Merced and a Professor and Department Chair at San Diego State University. Since 2015, she has been th ...

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, January 2014 - December 2014 * David J. Molina,

University of North Texas The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...

, October 2010 - December 2013 *

Marie T. Mora Marie T. Mora (born November 7, 1969) is an American economist who currently acts as Provost Ad Interim at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She was also a former tenured faculty member at New Mexico State University. Mora's research foc ...

, The University of Texas - Pan American (now The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), October 2006 - September 2010 * Sue Stockly,

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, October 2004 - September 2006 * Mark Hugo Lopez,

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(now at the

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), October 2003 - September 2004 *

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(now at San Diego State University), October 2002 - September 2003

ASHE Academic Achievement Awards

* 2020 - Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes,

* 2018 - Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center * 2016 -

, University of California Davis * 2014 - Alberto Davila, The University of Texas - Pan American * 2012 - Stephen Trejo, The

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* 2010 - Francisco Rivera-Batiz,

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* 2008 -

Ronald Oaxaca Ronald L. Oaxaca (born c. 1943) is the McClelland Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona, Tucson. His areas of research include labor economics, applied econometrics and applied microeconomics. Oaxaca graduated from California St ...

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; and

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, University of California Davis

ASHE Outstanding Service Awards - Individuals

* 2021 - Alberto Davila,

Southeast Missouri State University Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) is a public university in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In addition to the main campus, the university has four regional campuses offering full degree programs and a secondary campus housing the Holland Col ...

* 2019 -

, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley * 2017 - Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University * 2015 - Belinda Roman,

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* 2013 - Luisa Blanco, Pepperdine University * 2011 - Isabel Ruiz,

Sam Houston State University Sam Houston State University (SHSU or Sam) is a public university in Huntsville, Texas. It was founded in 1879 and is the third-oldest public college or university in Texas. It is one of the first normal schools west of the Mississippi River and ...

* 2009 - Benjamin Widner,

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; and Jose Pagan, Department of Economics & Finance, The University of Texas - Pan American

ASHE Outstanding Service Awards - Institutions & Organizations

* 2021 - Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics * 2019 -

, and

* 2017 - National Economic Association * 2015 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy,

University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...

* 2013 -

, and Community Development Office of the

* 2011 -

, and Department of Economics at

* 2009 -

, and Department of Economics at Texas A&M University

ASHE Dissertation Awards

* 2020 - Jetson Leder-Luis,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

* 2019 - Maria Camila Morales,

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Founding members

ASHE was founded in January 2002 during the 2002 AEA/ASSA annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, over a dinner meeting of Hispanic and Latino/a economists organized by Joseph Guzman and Sue Stockly, sponsored by the

RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation (from the phrase "research and development") is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed ...

. The founding members included the following. * Alberto Davila, University of Texas - Pan American *

, University of California Davis * Joseph Guzman, RAND Corporation * Mark Hugo Lopez, University of Maryland * David Molina, University of North Texas *

, 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 * Arturo Gonzalez, University of Arizona * Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, University of Arizona

References

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External links

American Society of Hispanic Economists

* ttp://www.neaecon.org/ National Economic Association
''The Minority Report''
Professional associations based in the United States Hispanic and Latino American professional organizations Economics societies