Biographical sketch of Rhonda M. Williams.(Brief Article)

Dr. Rhonda M. Williams earned her undergraduate degree in Economics from Harvard University in 1978 and her Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. She began her teaching career in economics and Afro-American studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She left in 1987 to become a Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale University for two years, in Economics, Afro-American Studies, and Women's Studies. After spending two years on the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, in 1994, she accepted a joint appointment with Economics and Afro-American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She was an outstanding …