Ipek S. Burnett

Ipek S. Burnett, Ph.D. is a Turkish-American author who provides a psychological critique of social, cultural, and political issues.

Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Ipek came to the United States to get a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in Modern Culture & Media and International Relations. She received her master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies. She has a doctorate degree in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Ipek is the author of A Jungian Inquiry into the American Psyche: The Violence of Innocence and the editor of the upcoming volume Re-Visioning the American Psyche: Jungian, Archetypal, and Mythological Reflections. She is a contributing writer at CounterPunch and author of two published novels in Turkey.

Ipek serves on the boards of nonprofit organizations and foundations that specialize in social justice and human rights. She is the Co-Chair of Human Rights Watch’s Executive Committee in San Francisco.