Alexandra Robbins

Award-Winning Speaker on the Lives of Teenagers, College Students, and Young Adults, Bestselling Author, Journalist, and Consultant

Topics: Storytelling, Education, Best Selling Author, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, Business, Future of Work, Employee Engagement, Health & Well-Being

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Biography

Alexandra Robbins, the author of five New York Times bestselling books, is an investigative reporter and a winner of the prestigious John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, given by the Medill School of Journalism. She is a contributing editor at both Marie Claire and Washingtonian magazines.

Alexandra’s books include The Overachievers, a New York Times Editors’ Choice and People magazine Critics’ Choice; and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth, which was voted Best Nonfiction Book of the Year in the Goodreads Choice Awards, the only people’s choice awards for books. The Geeks also won a Books for a Better Life Award.

Alexandra’s latest New York Times bestseller, The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital (2015) is described as “a page-turner possessing all the twists and turns of a brilliantly told narrative.”

Once hailed by the press as “One of, if not the most, widely read journalists under age 35” and “an excellent stylist and a first-rate mind,” Alexandra has written for several publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, Forbes, and The Atlantic. She regularly appears on national television on shows such as 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Oprah, The View, CNN News and The Colbert Report and has appeared as an on-air expert on hundreds of other shows on dozens of networks.

Alexandra is also an in-demand public speaker, particularly in healthcare, education, and young adult communities. She is a past recipient of the Heartsongs Award for “Contributions to the mental health of children and young adults.” She is also the winner of the 2016 Best Single Article of the Year award (Media Industry News); a 2016 recipient of an Exceptional Merit in Media Award (National Women’s Political Caucus); the winner of the 2014 Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism, the 2014 June Roth Award for Medical Journalism, the 2014 Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award (the Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C. Chapter’s highest journalistic award) and a finalist for the 2014 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.

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The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quick Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School

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Pledged: The Secret Life Of Sororities

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“Calming The Pressure on High School and Middle School Students to Succeed

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The Secrets of Popularity: Being Excluded Doesn't Mean Anything's Wrong With You

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How to Figure out What to Do With Your Life: A Lecture for Those Trying to Map out the Course of their Futures

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Stress, Pressure, and Alcohol Awareness

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The Quarterlife Crisis and other College and 20-Something Issues

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Journalism, Writing, and Publishing

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We were all delighted to have you speak and deeply appreciate your commitment to our organization… Your engaging manner and thoughtful insights made all the difference.

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The topic was perfect, your information thoroughly well presented, and your delivery just right.

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We want to thank you for presenting an incredible lecture and discussion. This forum reaches out to aspects of family life and your program was very meaningful and well received by both parents and students. Your presentation was very enlightening and helpful. Everyone who attended was truly inspired by your message and discussions have continued.

– Head Rabbi at a synagogue

Every college student and high-schooler needs to hear your fantastic speech!

– College student

One of our faculty members just told me that almost to a person the students in his class each found something they could take away from the speech, something that related to where they are in their lives now. They said they felt you were talking to each of them individually.

– University department head

We have had wonderful responses from your speaking engagement of last week. Your research and conclusions struck a chord with our audience… We applaud your bold ideas and suggestions for students, parents, and school administrators and we thank you for your very professional and enlightening presentation.

– Head of an independent school

Booksby Alexandra Robbins

Fraternity

The Nurses

Pledged

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth

The OverAchievers

Secrets of the Tomb

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