Julianne Marie Malveaux (born September 22, 1953) is an American
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...
, author, social and political commentator, and businesswoman. After five years as the 15th president of
Bennett College
Bennett College is a private historically black liberal arts college for women in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was founded in 1873 as a normal school to educate freedmen and train both men and women as teachers. Originally coed, in 1926 it ...
in
Greensboro, North Carolina
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, she resigned on May 6, 2012.
Education and career
Raised
Catholic
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, Malveaux entered
Boston College after the 11th grade, and earned a
BA and
MA degree
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s in economics there in three years. During her stay, she was initiated in the Iota chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She earned a
PhD in
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
from
MIT
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, and holds
honorary degrees
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from
Benedict College
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,
Sojourner-Douglass College and the
University of the District of Columbia
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.
As a writer and
syndicated columnist
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, her work has appeared regularly in ''
USA Today
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'', ''Black Issues in Higher Education'', ''
Ms.
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'' magazine, ''
Essence
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'' magazine, and ''
The Progressive
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''. Her weekly columns appear in numerous newspapers including the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'', the ''
Charlotte Observer'', the ''
New Orleans Tribune
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History
The ''Tribune'' was founded in 1864 by Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez ...
'', the ''
Detroit Free Press
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'', the ''
San Francisco Examiner'' and the ''San Francisco Sun Reporter''.
Malveaux appeared regularly on
CNN
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,
BET
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, as well as on
Howard University
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's television show, ''Evening Exchange''. She has appeared on
PBS
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's ''To The Contrary'',
KQED's
Forum
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,
ABC
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’s ''
Politically Incorrect
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'',
Fox News Channel's ''
The O'Reilly Factor
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'',
TV One's News One Now, with
Roland Martin and stations such as
C-SPAN,
MSNBC
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and
CNBC
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.
She hosted talk radio programs in Washington, San Francisco, and
New York, as well as a nationally broadcast, daily talk show that aired on the
Pacifica Radio network from 1995 to 1996. She appeared on Black in America: Reclaiming the Dream hosted by
Soledad O'Brien
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as a panelist on
CNN
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in 2008.
Currently, Malveaux serves on the boards of the
Economic Policy Institute
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as well as The Black Doctoral Network and she is President of
PUSH Excel, the educational branch of the
Rainbow PUSH Coalition. She is also the President and founder, of Economic Education a non-profit located in Washington, DC. Described by
Cornel West
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as "the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country", Malveaux contributes to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender, and their economic impacts.
In 1990, Malveaux, along with 15 other African American women and men, formed the
African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom.
She taught at
San Francisco State University
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(1981–1985) and was a visiting professor at the
University of California, Berkeley
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, (1985–1992).
[ She has been visiting faculty at the New School for Social Research, College of Notre Dame ( San Mateo, California), Michigan State University, and ]Howard University
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. In 2014, she was special guest lecturer at both Meharry Medical College
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, (Nashville, Tennessee
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) and in 2017 she delivered a three-part lecture as part of Hutchins Center for African and African American Research The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, also known as the Hutchins Center, is affiliated with Harvard University. The Center supports scholarly research on the history and culture of people of African descent around the world ...
, Harvard University
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's W.E.B. Dubois lecture series.
On June 1, 2007, Malveaux became the 15th President of Bennett College
Bennett College is a private historically black liberal arts college for women in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was founded in 1873 as a normal school to educate freedmen and train both men and women as teachers. Originally coed, in 1926 it ...
for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina
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. In February 2012, Malveaux announced that she would be stepping down from this position in May 2012, saying in a statement: "While I remain committed to istorically black colleges and universitiesand the compelling cause of access in higher education, I will actualize that commitment, now, in other arenas. I will miss Bennett College and will remain one of its most passionate advocates."
Malveaux was appointed dean of the new college of Ethnic Studies
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at California State University, Los Angeles
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.
Scholarship
;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)
*''Surviving and Thriving: 365 facts in Black Economic History'' (2010)
*''Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy'' (2016)
;Co-author
*''Unfinished Business: A Democrat and A Republican Take On the 10 Most Important Issues Women Face'' (2002).
References
External links
*
*
*
''In Depth'' interview with Malveaux, August 1, 2012
*Interview
“Evening Exchange; Health / Finances / Prince Georges Council Term Limits,”
2000-08-28, WHUT, American Archive of Public Broadcasting
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(WGBH and the Library of Congress)
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