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Sharon Epperson
International Affairs Building, 13th Floor
Adjunct Lecturer of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-3213
see6@columbia.edu
Biography:
Sharon Epperson has been an adjunct instructor of international affairs at the School of International Public Affairs at Columbia University since 2000, teaching a course on professional development for graduate students interested in careers in international media and communications.
Sharon Epperson is the personal finance correspondent for CNBC, the cable business news network. A veteran broadcast and print journalist with more than 15 years' experience with national media companies, she has been a correspondent at CNBC since 1996 and appears throughout the network's business day programming. She can also be seen on NBC's Nightly News, NBC's Today, Early Today and on the MSNBC network, and various NBC affiliates nationwide.
Epperson is also a personal finance columnist for USA Weekend and Time magazines. She covered business, culture, social issues, and health at Time from 1993 to 1996. During that time, she worked with Time Inc.'s television division, Time New Media, and was a contributor to The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and NY 1 News. She has also written for several newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe, as well as Self and Essence magazines.
Epperson holds a BA from Harvard University (1990) and an MIA from Columbia University (1993).