Keynote Address: Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Recognized for her provocative, progressive and insightful observations, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, an economist, author and commentator, is the President and CEO of Last Word Productions, Inc, a multimedia production company.  Described by Dr. Cornel West as “the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country,” Malveaux’s contributions to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender, and their economic impacts, are helping to shape public opinion in the 21^st century America.

As a writer and syndicated columnist, her work appears regularly in USA Today, Black Issues in Higher Education, Ms. magazine, Essence magazine, and The Progressive.  Her weekly columns appear in numerous newspapers across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Charlotte Observer, the New Orleans Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, and the San Francisco Examiner.  Well-known for appearances on national network programs, Dr. Malveaux is a charismatic and popular guest on a variety of shows. 

In addition to her columns and media appearances, Malveaux is an accomplished author and editor.  Her academic work is included in numerous papers, studies, and publications.  She is the editor of Voices of Vision: African American Women on the Issues (1996); the co-editor of Slipping Through the Cracks: The Status of Black Women (1986), and recently co-edited The Paradox of Loyalty: An African American Response to the War on Terrorism (2002).  She is the author of two column anthologies: 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).  She is most recently the co-author of Unfinished Business: A Democrat and A Republican Take On the 10 Most Important Issues Women Face (2002).

Dr. Malveaux received her BA and MA degrees in economics from Boston College, and earned a Ph.D. in economics from MIT.  A native San Franciscan, she currently resides in Washington, DC.

Opening Session Address: Lynette Danley, Ph.D.

Dr. Lynette Danley is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy and Ethnic Studies Program at the University of Utah. Her research interests include the exploration of academic and social experiences of women and people of color in higher education; particularly the recruitment and retention of Black women faculty members and students in academia. In addition to surveying strategies for successful navigation of the academy, her current scholarship examines and applies Critical Race Feminism epistemologies and methodological approaches by using narratives and counter stories to share the diverse lived experiences of traditionally under-served populations in higher education.