Dr. Emel Filiz-Ozbay joined two University of Maryland Economics Ph.D. alumni at the 2026 CSWEP CeMENT workshop this summer. Dr. Filiz-Ozbay and Dr. Christy Zhou (Ph.D. ’16) both served as mentors and panelists, while Dr. Maranna Yoder (Ph.D. ’25) attended as a mentee, reflecting the continued professional growth of Maryland’s economics graduates. Organized by the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, CeMENT supports women and nonbinary faculty in tenure-track economics positions through research-focused mentoring, career guidance, and professional networks.