Ipek S. Burnett, PhD, is a Turkish-American author and scholar who offers a psychological lens on social, cultural, and political issues. She is the author of A Jungian Inquiry into the American Psyche: The Violence of Innocence (2020) and the editor of Re-Visioning the American Psyche: Jungian, Archetypal, and Mythological Reflections (2024). Her forthcoming book, Art of Activism: A Psychological Perspective, explores the intersection of psychology, arts, and activism. A published novelist in Turkey, her literary work examines themes of free speech, democracy, and historical consciousness. Based in San Francisco, she serves as Co-Chair of the Human Rights Watch Executive Committee and is on the board of 826 Valencia, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting under-resourced students with their writing skills.
