Carly Buxton, PhD

I’m an author, researcher, and speaker who helps people communicate with human presence in an AI-shaped world.

I study how trust is formed, how audiences interpret signals online and in-person, and how people express an authentic voice across digital and AI-mediated contexts. My forthcoming book, Magnetic Communication, offers a research-backed approach to speaking and writing with professional impact.

Before focusing on communication research, I earned my PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, with training in Japanese and Mandarin and a specialization in the psychology of propaganda efficacy. I’ve worked as a flight attendant, a postpartum doula, a startup founder, a UX researcher, a film & stage performer, and an artist. I’ve walked a winding career path–but it’s all ultimately connected to my insatiable curiosity about how human beings make decisions and connect to one another.

Always learning. Fiercely curious. Listener first, storyteller second.

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