Resources

Teaching References

Examples

• Examples related to baking by Susan Carter

• Video clips from The Office TV show by Dan Kuester

• Journal of Economic Perspectives Articles Recommended for Classroom Use (by topic)

• Notes, Classes and other selected examples:

  • MIT classes and materials

  • Merlot (searchable database)

  • The Economics Network (notes)

• Research

  • Bayer, A., Bruich, G., Chetty, R., & Housiaux, A. (2020). Expanding and diversifying the pool of undergraduates who study economics: Insights from a new introductory course at Harvard. The Journal of Economic Education, 51(3-4), 364-379. (wp version)

Open Source Textbooks/ Data Viz

• Alternative to intro classes (non-traditional) CORE

• Casual inference, the basics

  • The Effect by Nick Huntington-Klein with data visuals on this twitter thread

  • Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham

• Stat visuals (interactive/dynamic):

  • On p-values, confidence intervals, maximum likelihood, etc, by Kristoffer Magnusson - rpsychologist.com/viz

  • Basic probability through regression visualizations - Seeing Theory by Daniel Kunin

• Proofs/Intro to Logic

  • Book of Proof by Richard Hammack

Active Learning

• The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them (book) by Daniel L. Schwartz, Jessica M. Tsang, and Kristen P. Blair

• Center for Teaching Excellence, Cornell University, notes here and here

Diversity in Economics

• Diversity in Cornell Economics has compiled a list of resources on 1) Groups Affiliated with Professional Organizations, 2) Professional Associations and Networks, 3) Groups Working to Improve the Pipeline, and 4) Groups Affiliated with Universities

• Diversifying Economics Seminars -Speakers List and First Gen list compiled by Lucie Schmidt (@LucieGSchmidt)

• AEA climate survey final report announcement

• AEA Best Practices for Economists: Building a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Productive Profession. Bayer, Amanda, Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Rohini Pande, Cecilia Elena Rouse, Anthony A. Smith Jr., Juan Carlos Suárez-Serrato, and David W. Wilcox. 2019. American Economic Association.

• DivEQ by Amanda Bayer

Grad School and Undergraduate Research

• Slides on grad school basics for interested undergrads

• AEA Summer Training Program and Scholarship Program

• The PhD Excellence Initiative

• Being an RA guide

• Jennifer Doleac has compiled several resources on her site

  • Finding an RA position before grad school by Jennifer Doleac

  • Federal Research Data Centers by Dani Sandler

  • Where to find data by Sebastian Tello-Trillo

• Shanjun Li has compiled several useful resources for graduate students in economics

  • Managing Your Mental Health as a PhD Student by Joanna Hughes

  • Coding for Economists A Language-Agnostic Guide to Programming for Economists by Ljubica Ristovska

  • Code and Data for the Social Sciences: A Practitioner’s Guide by Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

  • Stata Coding Guide by Julian Reif

  • Data science for economists by Grant McDermott - R, github

Conferences and Grants

• List of conferences and deadlines updated by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage

• Small Grants for Graduate Students by Anne Byrne