The Southern Economic Association (SEA) 94th Annual Meeting was held in Washington D.C. on November 23-25, 2024. Five economics faculty members from the Perdue School jointed thousands of economists from more than 94 nations to present their research papers and shared their interests in economic scholarship.
Dr. Jill Caviglia-Harris presented the paper “From Basics to Videos: Effective Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners” at the session of Teaching Effectively to a Diverse Student Audience.
Drs. Laura Villalobos and Jill Caviglia-Harris presented their paper “Climate Variability Explains Herd Size and Milk Production in the Seasonally Dry Amazon Basin” at the session of Agriculture.
Dr. Dustin Chambers presented the paper “Leveraging AI to Identify Regulations at the State Level” at the session of The Empirical Study of Government Regulations, Freedom, and Democracy, which is also organized and chaired by Dr. Chambers.
Drs. Hong Yao and Ying Wu presented their paper “Reservation Incomes for Employed and Non-employed” at the session of Jobs and Wages, which is chaired by Dr. Ying Wu.
In addition, Dr. Jonathan Munemo was invited to participate in the 2024 African Economic Conference (AEC), jointly organized by the African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the United Nations Development Programme. The conference was held from November 23-25 in Gaborone, Botswana, and was officially opened by His Excellency Mr. Duma Gideon Boko, President of the Republic of Botswana. Dr. Munemo served as an expert panelist for the high-level plenary session titled “Ensuring Stability and Growth Amidst Regional and Global Uncertainties,” which explored the impact of global uncertainties on investments and economic performance across African countries and discussed strategies to enhance stability and growth. The session was also participated by a parliament member from Cameroon, the executive director of the African Economic Research Consortium, and the executive director of the African Development Bank. Notably, Dr. Munemo was specially selected to deliver a critical talk on how African countries can harness regional trade integration to counteract the undesirable effects of global uncertainties.