Anuli Akanegbu

Anuli Akanegbu, PhD, (pronounced Ah-noo-lee A-ka-nay-boo), is a cultural anthropologist, writer, and cultural strategist interested in how people make sense of social and technological change and what it reveals about race, labor, and culture in the United States. She is the founder of BLK IRL^Ⓡ, a public humanities platform documenting Black life, labor, technology, and culture through ethnography, multimedia storytelling, and community partnerships. Building on a professional background in journalism and marketing, her current work bridges research, strategy, multimedia storytelling, and public engagement across higher education, media, industry, nonprofit research, and cultural institutions. Anuli earned her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from New York University and holds a B.A. in Communications and Culture from Howard University. Find Anuli online at www.anuliwashere.com and www.blkirl.com.