Vanessa Van Edwards | |
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 Vanessa Van Edwards | |
| Born | May 17, 1985 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Emory University |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
Vanessa Van Edwards is a speaker with Science of People [1] [2] and author of several books. She specializes in science-based people skills. [3] [4] [5]
Her YouTube channel has over 55 million views [6] and her TEDxLondon talk has over 4 million views. [7]
Van Edwards is lead investigator at her human behavior research lab, the Science of People. [8] She conducts original research experiments on popular psychology and communication. [9] [10]
Van Edwards writes monthly columns for Entrepreneur Magazine [11] and The Huffington Post . [12] She is also a monthly guest on morning news show, AM Northwest . [13] She has written for CNN, [14] TIME, [15] Forbes, [16] and Fast Company . [17]
Van Edwards teaches online courses about body language, facial expression, nonverbal communication and lie detection, [18] [19] [20] all grounded in scientific research. [8] She has also created/instructed some LinkedIn Learning courses, most of which are on first impressions and how to make conversations more meaningful and better.
Van Edwards has conducted a set of experiments on TED talks [21] [22] and presented her research at SXSW in March 2015. [23] Her lab conducted research on the TV show Shark Tank [9] and analyzed hand gestures in presidential inaugural addresses. [14]
Vanessa Van Edwards is the author of the national bestselling book Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People (2017). [24] [25] [26]
Her second book Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication released in 2022 and appeared on the bestseller list of The Wall Street Journal . [27] [28]
Van Edwards is the author of the books Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101, [29] Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People, [30] [31] and Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I'm Grounded [32] with Plume under her maiden name, Vanessa Van Petten. Her latest book Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication was released in March 2022. [33]
Vanessa Van Edwards was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. [34] [3] She lived in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter. [8] [35] [36] She currently resides in Austin, Texas with her family. [37]
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