About me
Kara Alaimo, PhD is a communication professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she created the university’s academic programs on the topic of social media. Her book, Over The Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls — and How We Take It Back, was published in March of 2024, and discusses how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls. She contributes analysis pieces for CNN. She was a former spokesperson for the Obama Administration, and a communicator at the United Nations. She speaks frequently to educators, students and parents on handling the social media use of children. In 2017, she received the Titan of the Future award at the World Communication Forum gala in Geneva, and was named one of the 50 “game-changers” in the field of public relations by PR News.
