CeMENT: Mentoring for Junior Faculty

The CSWEP CeMENT workshop provides mentoring for women and nonbinary faculty in tenure-track positions at economics departments and similar institutions across North America. The program includes two tracks: a doctoral workshop for faculty in PhD-granting departments and a non-doctoral workshop for those at institutions without doctoral programs.

The 2026 CeMENT workshop will again be held July 29-31 in Chicago, IL. The application portal is now open at https://www.aeaweb.org/committees/CSWEP/CeMENT/apply/2026. 

Due to strong demand, preference is given to faculty in the middle of the tenure clock, with efforts to accommodate other qualified applicants in subsequent workshops. Postdocs should wait to apply until they have started their tenure-track position.

Participants are grouped with mentors based on research interests to discuss research projects and career goals. The program also features sessions on publishing, teaching, tenure preparation, grant writing, networking, and work/life balance.

For more information on the CeMENT experience—including research showing statistically significant improvements in publications and grant success—please visit here. Professional development materials from past workshops are also available here.

CSWEP remains committed to mentoring junior female and nonbinary faculty and encourages interested scholars to apply for future workshops.

Questions? Contact info@cswep.org.