Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
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Clark Atlanta University, M.A., Applied Mathematics
Stanford University, M.S., Operations Research
Claremont Graduate University, M.A., PhD., Economics
Cecilia Conrad
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) |
| Academic background | |
| 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 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Feminist Economics |
| Institutions | Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race (WISER) Bennett College |
| Awards | Rhonda Williams Prize (2004) |
| Website | |
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe (born 1966) is an American economist who is the founder and current president of the Women's Institute for Science, Equity, and Race (WISER).[1][2] She is a feminist economist who has been a faculty member at an extensive list of colleges and universities and served as president of the National Economic Association from 2017 to 2018.[3]
Sharpe was born in New York and moved with her parents to Virginia at a young age. She attended Highland Springs High School.[4]
Sharpe studied mathematics at North Carolina Wesleyan College and Clark Atlanta University and was a graduate student in operations research at Stanford University.[5] She completed her PhD in economics at the Claremont Graduate University in 1998 under the guidance of Cecilia Conrad.[6] Her graduate committee consisted of Llewellyn Miller, John Angus, and Gary Smith.[7]
