Anna Akbari teaches in the department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University and has also taught in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons: The New School for Design. Her research interests include visual and virtual self-presentation, mediated identity, fashion studies, visual culture, and body politics. She is the founder of Closet Catharsis, her wardrobe consulting company. In addition, she is currently working on several book projects and is a freelance marketing consultant.
While attending graduate school, she co-founded Brainwright, a New York-based business that connected skilled, working arts and humanities professionals with students of all ages and levels for private coaching. A former Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, Anna founded and managed the Mao Foundation for Bellas Artes, a nonprofit music foundation which raised scholarship money to train Dominican piano students as teachers. She also has a background in theater. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, she has recorded radio voice-overs, taught numerous children’s theater workshops, performed in a variety of theatrical productions, and is the former host of Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s “Ranting and Raving Reviews.”
Anna received her Ph.D. in Sociology from The New School for Social Research, holds an M.A. in Liberal Studies from the New School, and a B.A in Religious Studies and Middle Eastern Studies from NYU. She is the recipient of the NYU Prize in Religious Studies, the New School University Fellowship, and the Discover Card Tribute Award.
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