Deborah Akers

Who is Deborah Akers?

Deborah S. Akers Ph.D., JD. is an assistant professor of Cultural Applied Anthropology at Miami University, Ohio. She is both an author and researcher and currently has a segment with Talk Radio News, DC where she discuss her research findings on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and meditation and the benefits of Asian meditation techniques and holistic stress-free living.

Dr. Akers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up in the Midwest. She earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic, a master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology, and a doctorate in Anthropology from The Ohio State University. She was one of the first students at The Ohio State University to receive her BA in Arabic. Her PhD dissertation on Saudi Arabia is entitled “The Tribal Concept in Urban Saudi Arabia”. Dr. Akers also holds a doctorate in Jurisprudence from Capital University.

She moved to Washington, DC after graduation and worked as liaison officer with the U.S. Congress Foreign Affairs Committee on Bosnia and Iran and staff attorney and then director for oversight with the Committee on House Administration in the United States Congress for the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress. She has also spoken on the issue of human rights in front of the Congressional Caucus on Afghanistan.