Dr. Anna Akbari is a sociologist, writer, speaker, and thought leadership advisor.

Her most recent book, There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish, was a TIME, Apple, and Audible best book of the year and a Gotham Book Prize and Silver Falchion Award Finalist. As a ghostwriter, she’s written New York Times Best Selling books and celebrity TED talks, advised leading executives, and helped shape the ideas of some of our most enduring cultural voices. She’s appeared in or been featured by top media outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, CNN, The Atlantic, the Financial Times, TIME, The Economist, TED, Vulture, Google Talks, SiriusXM, and many more.

She is a former professor in the department of Media, Culture, and Communication and the Visual Culture MA program at New York University, as well as Parsons School of Design. Her research includes the semiotics of self-presentation, identity construction, technology and human intersects, happiness and well-being, and the intersection of consciousness / psi / UAP / NHI and society.

Anna is a free-range global citizen who wanders extensively, plays outside, and sings karaoke as much as humanly possible.

Reach out directly to invite her to speak or inquire about working with her as a ghostwriter or thought leadership advisor.  Follow her on Instagram at @annaakbari.