Dr. Nina Ansary is an internationally recognized Iranian-American scholar, award-winning author, and women's rights advocate. She is a UN Women Global Champion for Innovation and a Visiting Fellow at The London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace & Security, and has appeared on Fox News, Larry King, the BBC, and been covered in a variety of leading publications, including the New York Times, CNN.com, Newsweek, Glamour, Teen Vogue and the Yale Journal of International Affairs. Dr. Ansary is the recipient of the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the 2018 Trailblazer Award from Barnard College, Columbia University. She has also been recognized as one of “14 Privileged Women to Change the World” by Marie Claire, and “6 Women Who Build Bridges Not Walls” by The New York Times. Dr. Ansary holds an MA in Middle Eastern Studies and a PhD in History from Columbia University.
Dr. Ansary is also the author of Jewels of Allah: The Untold Story of Women in Iran.
