AFFECT (Academic Female Finance Committee) is a committee of the American Finance Association (AFA), designed to promote the advancement of women academics in the field of finance through:
- Promoting gender equality
- Facilitating networking among women
- Conducting research on the standing of women, and on factors related to differences in the career paths of men versus women
- Providing mentoring of women
- AFA Professional Climate Survey Results, Adams and Lowry ( 2021)
In 2022, AFFECT issued a call for proposals to obtain funding for events that align with AFFECT’s Mission. We are pleased to announce AFFECT provided funding for the following proposals (with submitters in parantheses):
- Women Assistant Professors of Finance (WAPFIN) Conference at NYU Stern (Shan Ge, Sabrina Howell, Cecilia Parlatore)
- Edinburgh Corporate Finance Conference (Maria Boutchkova)
- Swedish House of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics Event (Marieke Bos)
- Financial Research Network (FIRN) Women’s Breakfast (Andrea Lu)
Look for the 2023 AFFECT call to fund events in late Spring 2023.
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About the logo
Our logo is inspired by the idea of the glass ceiling in the form of a “Rose Cut” gemstone in gemmology. In addition, the interconnecting lines represent the benefits of networking, across women within the profession and around the world.
For more information, contact us at: affect@afajof.org