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Diego Mendez-Carbajo

Senior Economic Education Specialist

Diego Mendez-Carbajo works to build capacity among users of FRED. He regularly facilitates workshops on active learning with data at regional and national academic conferences. Before joining the Research Division, Diego was a professor of economics for nineteen years. He has published broadly on the topic of teaching and learning with data. He regularly contributes to the FRED Blog and currently serves as an editor-in-chief of The American Economist.

Selected Publications

"Choice of Data Visualization Tool: FRED or Spreadsheets?" (with Alejandro Dellachiesa). International Review of Economics Education 4, November 2023, 100275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2023.100275

"Diving into the Gap: Recognizing Gender Differences in an Online Learning Activity," (with Cynthia Harter). Eastern Economic Journal, 50:1, September 2023. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41302-023-00258-x

"Data Citations and Reproducibility in the Undergraduate Curriculum," (with Alejandro Dellachiesa). Harvard Data Science Review 5:3, July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.c2835391

"The Effectiveness of Logical Distractors in an Online Module." Eastern Economic Journal 49:1, January 2023, 15-30. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41302-022-00232-z

"Using FRED Data to Address Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom." The American Economist, 67:2, April 2022, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/05694345221084893

"Baseline Competency and Student Self-efficacy in Data Literacy: Evidence from an Online Module." Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 26: 3-4, January 2021, 230-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2020.1847551

"Federal Reserve Economic Data: A History," (with Genevieve Podleski). The American Economist, 66:1, March 2021, 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1177/0569434520973989

"Bringing Down the Walls in Business and Management Education: A Textual Analysis of Economic Education Articles," (with Carlos Asarta). Journal of Education for Business 96:1, February 2020, 10-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2020.1726268

"Active Learning with FRED Data." Journal of Economic Education 51:1, February 2020, 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220485.2019.1687377

"Experiential and Service Learning through Local Data Projects," (with Stephanie Davis-Kahl). Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research 2, no. 4 (July 2019): 23-29. 

"Keeping It Real: Information Literacy, Numeracy, and Economic Data," (with Charissa Jefferson and Katrina Stierholz). Numeracy 12, no. 2 (July 2019): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.12.2.5

"Segmenting Education Content: Long-form vs. Short-form Online Learning Modules," (with Scott Wolla). American Journal of Distance Education 33, no. 2 (March 2019): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2019.1583514

"One Small Spoonful at a Time: Long-form vs. Short-form Financial Education Online Learning Modules," (with Scott Wolla). Empirical Pedagogy 32, no. 4 (January 2019): 401-415.

"Experiential Learning in Macroeconomics through FREDcast," International Review of Economics Education 30, no. 1 (January 2019): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2018.05.004

"Using FRED Data to Teach Price Elasticity of Demand," (with Carlos Asarta). Journal of Economic Education 48, no. 3 (May 2017): 176-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220485.2017.1320607

"Quantitative Reasoning and Information Literacy in Economics." In Information Literacy: Research and Collaboration across Disciplines (pp. 305-322), Barbara D’Angelo, Sandra Jamieson, Barry Maid, and Janice R. Walker (editors). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: WAC Clearinghouse and University of Colorado Press. https://wac.colostate.edu/books/infolit/chapter15.pdf

"Visualizing Data and the Online FRED Database." Journal of Economic Education 46, no. 4 (September 2015): 420-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220485.2015.1071222

Leadership and Service

National Association of Economic Educators, Research Committee Chairperson, 2018-2023.

The American Economist, Associate Editor, 2018-present.

University of Delaware Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship, Visiting Scholar, 2018–present.

Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - M.A. Program in Applied Economics, Visiting Associate Professor, 2009 & 2012

Professional Awards

National Association of Economic Educators, Abbejean Kehler Technology Award, 2017.

Illinois Wesleyan University, Student Nominations for Professor of the Year Award, 2013 & 2014

Illinois Wesleyan University, Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honors Society, 2012