Boyce Watkins
Boyce D. Watkins is an American author, economist, political analyst, and social commentator. Formerly a member of the finance faculty, and currently a Scholar in Residence in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Syracuse University, he also is a Distinguished Scholar with the Barbara Jordan Institute for Policy Research, and was previously a Visiting Fellow at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and the Centre for European Economic Research . Watkins is also a faculty affiliate with 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.
Watkins was born in Louisville, KY to a teen mother. His father left shortly after his birth and only spoke to his son three times. Watkins mother, Robin Couch, married when Boyce wasyears old to Larry Watkins, a young Vietnam veteran from Louisville. The family struggled for years, but worked hard for economic advancement.
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