 julianne malveaux (born september 22, 1953, in san francisco, california) is an african-american economist, author, liberal social and political commentator, and businesswoman. she is well known for her left-wing political opinions. after five years as the 15th president of bennett college, she resigned effective may 6, 2012. ==education and career== 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. 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, kqed's forum, abcâs 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, as well as a nationally broadcast, daily talk show that aired on the pacifica radio network from 1995 to 1996. she appear
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