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Track Sessions

Each year, CWAE sponsors/co-sponsors track sessions on topics relevant to CWAE members, particularly graduate students. 

2026 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Kansas City, MO

  • Urban-Rural Health Disparities (Joint with CRENET)
  • Household Dynamics and Food Acquisition in an Evolving Food Environment (Joint with FSN)
  • Time, Labor, and Livelihoods: The Overlooked Economics of Rural Households
  • Leveraging Survey, Experimental, and Quantitative Skills for Diverse Career Opportunities (Joint with GSS)
  • Gender and Intrahousehold Dynamics in Developing Countries (Joint with INT)
  • Beyond the Journal: Practical Pathways for Expanding the Reach of Applied Economics Research (Joint with GSS)
  • Understanding Small and Midsize Farms: Viability, Risk, and Structural Change (Joint with INT)

2025 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Denver, CO

  • Leading from where you are: How women economists and allies can use their spheres of influence for action and resistance
  • From Academia to Industry: What Works, What Doesn't Work, and What You Need to Know. (Joint with GSS)
  • The Specialty Crop Labor Puzzle: Why Finding Solutions is So Hard (Joint with SCE)
  • Exploring Careers in Academia, Extension, and Government (Joint with GSS)
  • Leveraging unique datasets to understand policy, environment, and labor in U.S. agriculture
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Women Producers and Entrepreneurs (Joint with AFM)

2024 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, New Orleans, LA

  • Disparities and challenges faced by underrepresented minority communities in the US food system
  • Perspectives on the Promotion and Tenure Process
  • The Job Market: Navigating the Application and Interview Process (Joint with GSS)
  • Networking for Junior Women in Agricultural and Applied Economics (Joint with GSS)
  • Race, Gender, and American Agriculture (Joint with COSBAE)

2023 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Washington, DC

  • Challenges facing minority and women farmers (Joint with AFM)
  • Coping with Microaggressions and Harassment in the Profession (Joint with GSS)
  • The Job Market: Applying and Interviewing (Joint with GSS)
  • The role of USDA agencies in addressing social equity issues (Joint with COSBAE)
  • Understanding Demand Side Drivers of Global Food Security (Joint with COSBAE) 

2022 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Anaheim, CA

  • Food Insecurity and Alternatives for Adaptation (Joint with ENV)
  • Gender role in agricultural and economic decision making: An experimental and behavioral economic examination (Joint with IBES)
  • Inside the Job Market (Joint with GSS)
  • Leveraging Gender for Food Systems Transformation in Developing Countries
  • Migration and Inequality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Joint with INT)
  • Promoting Mental Health, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Joint with GSS)
  • Undergraduate Student Research and the Agricultural Economist Pipeline

2021 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, San Antonio, TX

  • Advancement of Women As Innovators and Contributors to the Global Food System
  • COSBAE-CWAE Mentoring Initiatives Research Presentations (Joint with COSBAE)
  • COVID-19, Promotion, and Tenure (Joint with ENV)
  • Grants in Applied Economics: Funding sources and the recipe for success  (Joint with GSS)
  • Sylvia Lane Mentees and Mentors Discussion about Formal Mentoring (Joint with GSS)
  • Women’s Narratives CWAE 40th Anniversary

2020 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Virtual

  • Diversity and Inclusion in Agricultural and Applied Economics (Joint with INTL)
  • Mentoring for the Job Market and Recent PhDs (Joint with GSS)
  • Under-Represented Groups in Agricultural and Applied Economics (Joint with COSBAE)
  • Evaluating Teaching: A Holistic Approach to Evaluating Scholarship of Teaching (Joint with TLC)
  • COSBAE-CWAE Mentoring Initiatives Research Presentations (Joint with COSBAE)
  • Women’s Empowerment and Global Health (Joint with Health)
  • Behavior in the commons – evidence from experimental economics on risk and social preferences (Joint with EXECON)
  • Changing Perspectives through Measurement: Advancements in Agricultural Survey
  • Methods, Implications for Research and a Look to the Future (Joint with INTL)

2018 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Washington, DC

  • Design of agri-environmental programs: Insights from behavioral & experimental economics (Joint with ENV)
  • Sustainable production practices, consumer feedback, and policy implications (Joint with SCE)
  • Navigating Negotiations for Professional Success & Personal Fulfillment (Joint with COBAE)
  • Agricultural Economists Engaging our Communities (Joint with CRENET)

2017 CWAE Annual Meeting Section Track Sessions, Chicago, IL

  • Strategies for Writing Productivity and Publishing Success (Joint with COSBAE)
  • Agricultural Trade Policies beyond the WTO Pillars: A Focus on Key Sectors and Countries (Joint with COSBAE)

2013 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Washington, DC

  • Successes and Challenges of Transferring Teaching Data/Experiences Into Scholarly Outputs (Joint with TLC)
  • Local Food and Its Connections to Local Communities (Joint with CRENET)

2012 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Seattle, WA

  • Women in Academic Training and Professional Careers: Identifying and Analyzing Factors Impacting Success
  • To Nest in the Wind - Implementation and Impacts of Career Development for Women in Personal Growth and Balancing Life
  • Value Added Meat Marketing around the Globe: International Insights on Safety, Health, and Convenience (Joint with FAMPS)

2011 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Marketing Sustainability: Demand Side, Supply Side and Welfare Aspects (Joint with FAMPS)
  • Standing On the Shoulders of a Giant: The Broad Reach of Professor Jean Kinsey (Joint with FAMPS, FSN, Senior Section)
  • Multidisciplinarity in Agricultural Economics: Practitioner Attitudes, Publishing, and the Job Market
  • Annie’s Project – Successful Agricultural Economics Programming (Joint with Extension)

2010 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Sessions, Denver, CO

  • Women in Agricultural Economics: A Centennial Celebration
  • Teaching on a Tight Budget: What do we do with more students and less resources? (Joint Session with TLC Section)
  • Emerging and Current Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology (Joint Session with COSBAE)
  • Performance Implications of Sustainability Initiatives in Agri-Food Companies (Joint Session with AEM Section)
  • Continuing the Tradition: Employing Tested and Emerging Economic Tools in Framing Sustainability Challenges for a Global Economy (Joint Session with AEM Section)

2009 CWAE Annual Meeting Track Session, Milwaukee, WI

  • Investing in the Workforce Diversity in Agricultural Research: Can We Measure the Return?

20 Years of Excellence in Service

Check out the CWAE 20th Anniversary Poster. Historical highlights and poster references can be found here.