Yuliya Grinberg

Yuliya (Julie) Grinberg, PhD is a cultural anthropologist and an experienced advertising professional. Her applied ethnographic practice combines business savvy culled from years of brand strategy and research experience with academic rigor and depth. Dr. Grinberg has worked with clients across a range of categories including CPG, B2B, and the technology sector. Grounding her work in anthropological approaches, she develops research that has “legs;” research that takes her clients into uncharted strategic territories and new creative directions.

Dr. Grinberg specializes in digital cultures. In addition to her consulting work, she teaches courses on ethical, social, and political issues as they relate to questions of technological innovation, automation, and big data. She has taught at Columbia University, Barnard College, and The Cooper Union.

She holds a PhD in sociocultural anthropology from Columbia University. Her doctoral work examined the diverse ways professional ambitions, commercial imperatives, and entrepreneurial anxieties shape digital knowledge. This research forms the basis of her first book, tentatively titled Sensored: Data Entrepreneurialism and the Digital Body. She also holds a B.S. in Marketing from NYU Stern School of Business.

Fluent in Russian, in her spare time she enjoys reading in both languages, traveling to new destinations, and baking with her son and daughter.