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Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
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| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution | Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race (WISER) Bennett College |
| Field | Feminist Economics |
| Alma mater | North Carolina Wesleyan College, B.A., Mathematics Clark Atlanta University, M.A., Applied Mathematics Stanford University, M.S., Operations Research Claremont Graduate University, M.A., PhD., Economics |
| Doctoral advisor |
Cecilia Conrad |
| Influences | William A. Darity Jr. Cecilia Conrad |
| Awards | Rhonda Williams Prize (2004) |
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe (born 1966) is an American economist. She is known for starting and leading the Women's Institute for Science, Equity, and Race (WISER).
Rhonda Sharpe is a feminist economist. This means she studies how economic ideas and policies affect women and different groups of people. She has taught at many colleges and universities. She also served as president of the National Economic Association from 2017 to 2018.
Early Life and Education
Rhonda Sharpe was born in New York in 1966. When she was young, her family moved to Virginia. She went to Highland Springs High School there.
Sharpe studied mathematics at North Carolina Wesleyan College. She also studied at Clark Atlanta University. Later, she went to Stanford University to study how to solve complex problems using math, called operations research.
She earned her highest degree, a PhD, in economics in 1998. She got this degree from Claremont Graduate University. Her main teacher was Cecilia Conrad.
Career and Work
Rhonda Sharpe has taught at several universities. These include Barnard College, Bennett College, and Columbia University. She also taught at Duke University and the University of Vermont.
From 2009 to 2012, she led the Business and Economics Department at Bennett College. She also helped start and run the Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE). This program helped increase the number of diverse professors in economics.
Starting WISER
In 2016, Rhonda Sharpe started the Women's Institute for Science, Equity, and Race (WISER). She launched it on International Women's Day.
WISER is a special research group. It is a nonprofit that studies women from different backgrounds. This includes Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American women.
Sharpe believes it's important to look at information separately for each group of women. This helps to understand their unique experiences and challenges.
Other Important Roles
Rhonda Sharpe was the president of the National Economic Association. This was from 2017 to 2018.
She is also on the board of the International Association for Feminist Economics. She helps edit a journal called The Review of Black Political Economy.
