Sofia Jawed-Wessel
Researcher & Professor | Psychology of Money & Financial Behavior
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Dr. Sofia Jawed-Wessel is a leading expert on the psychology of money and financial decision-making.
As an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha, she explores how behavioral science can help people achieve greater financial health. Jawed-Wessel's research has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and Harvard Business Review.
Her acclaimed TED talk on money mindsets has reached over 2 million views, offering science-backed strategies to improve financial behaviors without relying on willpower alone. Audiences leave Jawed-Wessel's keynotes with actionable insights for making smarter money decisions.
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The lies we tell pregnant women
"When we tell women that sex isn't worth the risk during pregnancy, what we're telling her is that her sexual pleasure doesn't matter ... that she in fact doesn't matter," says sex researcher Sofia Jawed-Wessel. In this eye-opening talk, Jawed-Wessel mines our views about pregnancy and pleasure to lay bare the relationship between women, sex and systems of power.
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TEDxOmaha 2016 | 2016 | 🇺🇸Omaha, United States |
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