Julianne Malveaux
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux (born September 22, 1953 in San Francisco, California) is an American economist, author, commentator, and businesswoman. She is also the President and CEO of Last Word Productions, Inc, a multimedia production company [1]. Described by Dr. Cornel West as "the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country", Dr. Malveaux contributes to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender, and their economic impacts. In March 2007, she was named the new president of Bennett College. [2]
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[edit] Education and Career
Dr. Malveaux received her BA and MA degrees in economics from Boston College, and earned a Ph.D in economics from MIT. She holds honorary degrees from Benedict College, Sojourner-Douglass College and the University of the District of Columbia.
As a writer and syndicated columnist, her work has appeared regularly in USA Today, Black Issues in Higher Education, Ms. magazine, Essence magazine, and The Progressive. Her weekly columns appear in numerous newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, the Charlotte Observer, the New Orleans Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, and the San Francisco Examiner.
Dr. Malveaux has appeared regularly on CNN, BET, as well as on Howard University's Television show, Evening Exchange. She has appeared on PBS's To The Contrary, ABC’s Politically Incorrect, Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor and stations such as C-SPAN, MSNBC and CNBC. She has also hosted talk radio programs in Washington, San Francisco, and New York.
Dr. Malveaux serves on the boards of the Economic Policy Institute, The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Women Building for the Future - Future PAC, and The Recreation Wish List Committee of Washington, DC.
[edit] Controversy
On the November 4, 1994 episode of To the Contrary Malveaux commented on Clarence Thomas:
"The man is on the Court. You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do, of heart disease. Well, that’s how I feel. He is an absolutely reprehensible person." [3]
[edit] Works
Editor
- Voices of Vision: African American Women on the Issues (1996)
Co-Editor
- Slipping Through the Cracks: The Status of Black Women (1986)
- The Paradox of Loyalty: An African American Response to the War on Terrorism (2002).
Author
- Sex, Lies, and Stereotypes: Perspectives of a Mad Economist (1994)
- Wall Street, Main Street, and the Side Street: A Mad Economist Takes a Stroll (1999)
Co-Author
- Unfinished Business: A Democrat and A Republican Take On the 10 Most Important Issues Women Face (2002).
