Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Hoover Institution | Stanford University

To celebrate International Women’s Day, watch the interview with Brandice Canes-Wrone, Caroline Hoxby, and Valerie Ramey. Moderated by Jennifer Burns, the group discusses how they have navigated the competitive landscape of universities and business to be leaders in their fields.

We celebrate the women who increasingly influence and shape the world of academia and inspire others to forge a better world.

About the Speakers: 

Brandice Canes-Wrone is the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor in the Political Science department at Stanford. Canes-Wrone is the founding director of the Hoover Institution Center for Revitalizing American Institutions. Her current research focuses on representation and accountability, including projects on elections, campaign finance, and populism. She also writes on the effects of political phenomena on economic outcomes.

Caroline M. Hoxby is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education. She is the Scott & Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the director of the Economics of Education Program for the National Bureau of Economic Research. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences.

Valerie Ramey is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). She is also a professor emeritus at the University of California–San Diego, where she taught for thirty-six years. Ramey is also a research fellow of the Center for Economic Policy and Research, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the Econometric Society. 

About the Moderator: 

Jennifer Burns is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and an Associate Professor of History at Stanford University. The leading independent expert on Ayn Rand and the American conservative movement, she is author of the acclaimed biography Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right.  She has recently completed an intellectual biography of Milton Friedman.