Rhonda Sharpe, President at Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race

The Ramped Podcast

English - December 30, 2021 11:45 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER:

[1:32] – This conversation starts with a free flowing discussion between Rhonda and Manoj[5:42] – The importance of disaggregated data[9:47] – Education in the U.S.[14:06] – Rhonda's take on the skills gap[14:50] – Racial diversity in the tech space[26:35] – Student loan debt[28:23] – Being wary of an Income Share Agreement (ISA)[32:42] – The lack of corporate investments in K-12 education[35:29] – How to question an ISA

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Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe is the President and Founder of the Women’s Institute for Science, Equity and Race. She is an economist and mathematician who analyzes large datasets to find the stories hidden in the aggregate and her research focuses on three areas: gender and racial inequality, the diversity of STEM, and the demography of higher education. Rhonda's research has been featured on the PBS News Hour, Marketplace, The Kerri Miller Show, The New York Times, The Economist, and The Washington Post. Rhonda was named a Black Scholar You Should Know by TheBestSchools.org and BlackEnterprise.com and has served on the faculty at Barnard College, Bennett College, Bucknell University, Columbia University, Duke University, and the University of Vermont. Rhonda holds master’s degrees from Clark Atlanta University (applied mathematics), Stanford University (operations research), and Claremont Graduate University (economics), and completed her doctorate in economics/mathematics at Claremont Graduate University.