Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
Biographic Data
| ID | 3863231 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rhonda Vonshay |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharpe |
| SIGNATURE | SHARPE R V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Women’s Institute for Science, Equity and Race, Mechanicsville, VA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3236-9641 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Golden Jubilee
Disaggregating data by race allows for more accurate research
We’ve to Build the Pipeline. What’s the Problem? What’s Next? The Remix
Despite a history of initiatives to strengthen the doctorate pipeline and mentoring programs for graduate students and junior faculty, the economics profession has failed to achieve a representative level of diversity across ethnicity, gender and race. This National Economic Association presidential address looks at the 20-year production, 1996-2015, of economists by ethnicity, gender, race, and residential status with an interest in the producti…
African Americans, Dalits and Tribals
African Americans, Caste, Discrimination
Beyond Anecdotes
Using data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, the Survey of Doctorate Recipients, and the Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System Completion Survey by Race, this paper provides a quantitative analysis of black woman as they progress through the academy as students, faculty or administrators. This paper will detail the number of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees awarded to black woman, the colleges and universities that are suc…
Cautiously Optimistic” Comments on “Black Americans in the 21st Century
This is a commentary on Angel Harris' examination of the current state and challenges facing the black community. Harris provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic status of the black Americans and questions America's ability to achieve the American “creed of opportunity”. My response to Harris' question, “Should we be pessimistic or optimistic”, is that I am cautiously optimistic. My optimism is rooted in postsecondary progress of b…
Are Reports of Discrimination Valid? Considering the Moral Hazard Effect
Antidiscrimination laws are designed to prompt employers to stop excluding black workers from jobs they offer and from treating them unequally with respect to promotion and salaries once on the job. However, a moral hazard effect can arise if the existence of the laws leads black employees to bring unjustified claims of discrimination against employers. It has been argued that employers may become more reluctant to hire black workers for fear of …
All Land Grants Were not Created Equal
Much of the discussion about reparations to the descendents of Africans enslaved in America, has focused on (1) the redistribution to blacks that portion of national income which was diverted from blacks to whites due to slavery and post-Emancipation racial discrimination; and (2) restitution for the unpaid labor of enslaved ancestors. Brown (1972) discusses how the legal constraints put on a slaves investment in human capital would not have allo…
The Impact of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) on University and Professional School Admissions and the Implications for the California Economy
Using data from the University of California and results from previously published research on the returns to higher education, this article presents a preliminary evaluation of the impact of ending affirmative action in admissions at a large, publicly funded university. At the undergraduate level, eliminating race as a factor in the admissions process will redistribute African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans away from the most…
Are Reports of Discrimination Valid? Considering the Moral Hazard Effect
Antidiscrimination laws are designed to prompt employers to stop excluding black workers from jobs they offer and from treating them unequally with respect to promotion and salaries once on the job. However, a moral hazard effect can arise if the existence of the laws leads black employees to bring unjustified claims of discrimination against employers. It has been argued that employers may become more reluctant to hire black workers for fear of …
The Impact of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) on University and Professional School Admissions and the Implications for the California Economy
Using data from the University of California and results from previously published research on the returns to higher education, this article presents a preliminary evaluation of the impact of ending affirmative action in admissions at a large, publicly funded university. At the undergraduate level, eliminating race as a factor in the admissions process will redistribute African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans away from the most…
Disaggregating data by race allows for more accurate research
We’ve to Build the Pipeline. What’s the Problem? What’s Next? The Remix
Despite a history of initiatives to strengthen the doctorate pipeline and mentoring programs for graduate students and junior faculty, the economics profession has failed to achieve a representative level of diversity across ethnicity, gender and race. This National Economic Association presidential address looks at the 20-year production, 1996-2015, of economists by ethnicity, gender, race, and residential status with an interest in the producti…
All Land Grants Were not Created Equal
Much of the discussion about reparations to the descendents of Africans enslaved in America, has focused on (1) the redistribution to blacks that portion of national income which was diverted from blacks to whites due to slavery and post-Emancipation racial discrimination; and (2) restitution for the unpaid labor of enslaved ancestors. Brown (1972) discusses how the legal constraints put on a slaves investment in human capital would not have allo…
The Impact of the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) on University and Professional School Admissions and the Implications for the California Economy
Using data from the University of California and results from previously published research on the returns to higher education, this article presents a preliminary evaluation of the impact of ending affirmative action in admissions at a large, publicly funded university. At the undergraduate level, eliminating race as a factor in the admissions process will redistribute African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans away from the most…
All Land Grants Were not Created Equal
Much of the discussion about reparations to the descendents of Africans enslaved in America, has focused on (1) the redistribution to blacks that portion of national income which was diverted from blacks to whites due to slavery and post-Emancipation racial discrimination; and (2) restitution for the unpaid labor of enslaved ancestors. Brown (1972) discusses how the legal constraints put on a slaves investment in human capital would not have allo…
Are Reports of Discrimination Valid? Considering the Moral Hazard Effect
Antidiscrimination laws are designed to prompt employers to stop excluding black workers from jobs they offer and from treating them unequally with respect to promotion and salaries once on the job. However, a moral hazard effect can arise if the existence of the laws leads black employees to bring unjustified claims of discrimination against employers. It has been argued that employers may become more reluctant to hire black workers for fear of …
Cautiously Optimistic” Comments on “Black Americans in the 21st Century
This is a commentary on Angel Harris' examination of the current state and challenges facing the black community. Harris provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic status of the black Americans and questions America's ability to achieve the American “creed of opportunity”. My response to Harris' question, “Should we be pessimistic or optimistic”, is that I am cautiously optimistic. My optimism is rooted in postsecondary progress of b…
Beyond Anecdotes
Using data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, the Survey of Doctorate Recipients, and the Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System Completion Survey by Race, this paper provides a quantitative analysis of black woman as they progress through the academy as students, faculty or administrators. This paper will detail the number of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees awarded to black woman, the colleges and universities that are suc…
African Americans, Dalits and Tribals
African Americans, Caste, Discrimination
We’ve to Build the Pipeline. What’s the Problem? What’s Next? The Remix
Despite a history of initiatives to strengthen the doctorate pipeline and mentoring programs for graduate students and junior faculty, the economics profession has failed to achieve a representative level of diversity across ethnicity, gender and race. This National Economic Association presidential address looks at the 20-year production, 1996-2015, of economists by ethnicity, gender, race, and residential status with an interest in the producti…
Disaggregating data by race allows for more accurate research
The Golden Jubilee
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (3 works)