Julianne Malveaux | |
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Born |
Julianne Marie Malveaux September 22, 1953 San Francisco, California, United States |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.A. (1974), M.A. (1975) Boston College Ph.D. (1980) MIT |
Occupation | Author, economist |
Employer | Bennett College |
Julianne Marie Malveaux (born September 22, 1953, in San Francisco, California) is an African-American economist, author, social and political commentator, and businesswoman. After five years as the 15th president of Bennett College, she resigned effective May 6, 2012.
Malveaux entered Boston College after the 11th grade, and earned a B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics there in three years. While there, she was initiated in the Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She earned a Ph.D. in economics from MIT, and 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, the San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Sun Reporter.