Conference on Discrimination in the 21st Century: Fostering Conversations Across Fields
This conference brought together researchers from different fields to discuss crucial themes around discrimination. Experts from economics, artificial intelligence, law, behavioral sciences, healthcare, sociology, and more, interacted with each other through presentations and open panel discussions. This cross-disciplinary conference was organized around crucial themes on discrimination, such as (a) disparities and education; (b) the economic impact of discrimination; (c) DEI strategies; (d) discrimination in law, health, and the environment.
Keynote Speaker
Danielle R. Holley, Professor of Law and Dean of Howard University School of Law
Agenda
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Breakfast
6th Floor Lounge
Session 1: Disparities and Education
Quota vs Quality? Long-Term Gains from an Unusual Gender Quota
Ville Mankki, University of Turku (Co-author)
Ursina Maria Schaede, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Presenter)
Muriel Niederle, Stanford University (Discussant)
Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
Bruno Ferman, Sao Paulo School of Economics (Co-author)
Pedro C. Sant’Anna, Sao Paulo School of Economics (Co-author)
Nicolás Ajzenman, McGill University (Presenter)
Olga Stoddard, Brigham Young University (Discussant)
Break
Panel Discussion: On Race Conscious Admission Policies
Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University (Panelist)
Geoffrey Stone, University of Chicago (Panelist)
Omari Swinton, Howard University (Panelist)
Kalinda Ukanwa, University of Southern California (Panelist)
Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago (Moderator)
Break
Undergraduate Gender Diversity and the Direction of Scientific Research
Francesca Truffa, Stanford University (Co-author)
Ashley Wong, Stanford University (Presenter)
Rembrand Koning, Harvard University (Discussant)
Lunch
Room 702
12:40 pm-1:10 pm Lunch Presentation: Initiatives to Increase Diversity in the Academic Pipeline
Victoria Flores, University of Chicago, Leadership Alliance
Quentin Johnson, University of Chicago, Expanding Diversity of Economics
Stephen Lamb, University of Chicago, PREDOC
Omari Swinton, Howard University, AEA Summer Program
Session 2: Discrimination: Economic Impact and DEI Strategies
Making the Elite: Top Jobs, Disparities, and Solutions
Soumitra Shukla, Federal Reserve Bank (Presenter)
Emmanuel Yimfor, University of Michigan (Discussant)
Why Do We Discriminate? The Role of Motivated Reasoning
Markus Eyting, Stanford University (Presenter)
Kirby Nielsen, California Institute of Technology (Discussant)
Break
The Effect of Minority Bank Ownership on Minority Credit
Jung Sakong, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Co-author)
Agustin Hurtado, University of Chicago (Presenter)
Diag Davenport, Princeton University (Discussant)
Panel Discussion: The Economic Impact of Discrimination and DEI Policies
Rohini Pande, Yale University (Panelist)
Robert Perkins, SVP, Chief Global Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Mondelez International (Panelist)
Lauren Rivera, Northwestern University (Panelist)
Smita Shah, SPAAN Tech, Inc. (Panelist)
Conrad Miller, University of California, Berkeley (Moderator)
Conference Dinner
The Study Hotel, Winter Garden
Keynote Speaker: Dean Danielle R. Holley, Howard University
Friday, May 5, 2023
Breakfast
6th Floor Lounge
Session 3: Discrimination in Law, Health, and the Environment
Racial Discrimination in Child Protection
Joseph Doyle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Co-author)
Natalia Emanuel, New York Federal Reserve Bank (Co-author)
Peter Hull, Brown University (Co-author)
Joseph Ryan, University of Michigan (Co-author)
Jason Baron, Duke University (Presenter)
Evan Rose, University of Chicago (Discussant)
Explaining Racial Disparities in Personal Bankruptcy Outcomes
Bronson Argyle, Bringham Young University (Co-author)
Sasha Indarte, University of Pennsylvania (Co-author)
Christopher Palmer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Co-author)
Benjamin Iverson, Bringham Young University (Presenter)
Raffi Garcia, Duke University (Discussant)
Break
Panel Discussion: Discrimination in Health, Law, and the Environment
Monica Bell, Yale University (Panelist)
Anita Blanchard, University of Chicago (Panelist)
Trevon Logan, Ohio State (Panelist)
Mario Small, Columbia University (Panelist)
Alex Imas, University of Chicago (Moderator)
Break
Class-Based Disparities and Profiling in Traffic Stops
Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois, Chicago (Co-author)
Conrad Miller, University of California, Berkeley (Presenter)
Mackenzie Alston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Discussant)