Boyce Watkins | |
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Born |
Louisville, Kentucky |
June 20, 1971
Residence | New York |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Kentucky |
Occupation | Academic, finance expert, media commentator, activist |
Employer | Syracuse University |
Website | www |
Boyce D. Watkins (born June 20, 1971) is an American author, economist, political analyst, and social commentator. Boyce Watkins was formerly a member of the finance faculty at Syracuse University. During his academic career, Boyce Watkins was a visiting scholar with the Barbara Jordan - Mickey Leland School Of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University.
Boyce Watkins claims on his personal website to have been a "former Visiting Fellow at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and the Centre for European Economic Research (Mannheim, Germany)". Watkins is a member, by donation, of the College Sports Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He has authored several financial advice books, including Financial Lovemaking 101: Merging Assets with your Partner in Ways that Feel Good, Black American Money, as well as What if George Bush were a Black Man?; his work has also appeared in such publications as the Journal of Small Business Management and The Journal of Economics and Business.
In addition to publishing scholarly articles on finance and investing, Watkins is an advocate for education, economic empowerment, and social justice, and has made regular appearances in various national media outlets, including CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, Fox News, BET, NPR, Essence Magazine, USA Today, Today, ESPN, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, and CBS Sports. He was also a frequent guest on The Wendy Williams Experience radio program, and remains a frequent contributor to theGrio and TheLoop21.com.