Vanessa Van Edwards

Vanessa Van Edwards is a behavioral investigator, published author, public speaker and body language trainer specializing in science-based people skills. She runs Science of People, a human behavior research lab in Portland, Oregon where she studies charisma, influence and power body language 2Biography Van Edwards, maiden name Van Petten, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2007. 2Career Van Edwards is a monthly guest on morning news show, AM Northwest. She has written for CNN, Forbes, and Fast Company. Van Edwards is the author of the books Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101 and Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I'm Grounded with Plume (Penguin USA) under her maiden name, Vanessa Van Petten. Van Edwards has conducted a set of experiments on TED talks and presented her research at SXSW in March 201