jodi-ann burey
Jodi-Ann Burey (she/her) is a writer and critic who works at the intersections of race, culture and health equity. She is the author of Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work. Jodi-Ann was born in Jamaica, lives in Seattle, and will always call New York City home.
work with jodi-ann
keynote speaker | interlocutor | conversation curator
podcaster | live media appearances | instructor
highlights
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reviews
11 Books About Disability as an Ethics of Care, Electric Literature, 2025
On Looking Together: A Review of Irvin Weathersby, Jr.’s In Open Contempt, Callaloo Journal, 2025
art
On Living with Art, Public Display Art, 2025
An Afternoon with Jacob Lawrence, Arte Noir, 2024
health
What You Should Know About the Black Cancer Podcast, Livestrong Foundation, 2021
work culture
End of Imposter Syndrome in the Workplace, Harvard Business Review, 2021
Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome, Harvard Business Review, 2021
Three Ways Structural Racism Could Be Hurting You at Work, The Muse, 2020
Ain’t I A (Working) Woman? Women of Color Changing the Narrative at Work,The Riveter, 2019
What Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Means to Me, The Riveter, 2019
culture
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Decentering Whiteness in Seattle, Critical Flame, 2017
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Timothy Snyder | Stacey Abrams | Michele Norris | Luis Alberto Urrea (pictured) | Deesha Philyaw | Fatimah Asghar | Loretta Ross | Sonora Jha | Athena Dixon | Ruben Reyes Jr. | Claire Dederer | Renee Watson | Tyriek White | Minda Honey | Athena Dixon | Jodi M. Savage | Christina J. Cooke | Jenny Tinghui Zhang | K-Ming Chang | Xochitl Gonzalez | Bassey Ikpi | Jaquira Diaz | Mira Sethi | Ivelisse Rodriguez
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Dare to Lead with Brene Brown | Brown Ambition | Seattle Now (KUOW) | Week in Review (KUOW) | Harvard Business Review
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corporate + legal
Amazon | Google | Meta | AWS | Microsoft | Panopto | VMWare | Salesforce | Smartsheet | Nordstrom | Deloitte Digital | HelloFresh | Teachable | Okta | Highspot | Ralph Lauren | Baker Tilly | Redfin | Moss Adams | PwC | Everfi | Grainger | Penguin Random House | DuPont | Lingo Live | Deutsch | Cirium | Pay Scale | KPMG | Interior Architects | Presidio | Southern California Energy | Sono Bello | Syros | Simplicity | Storj | Red Ventures | Hot Jar | Sarepta | Tech Serv | Say Space | Honeywell | Eversheds Sutherland
nonprofit
Ada Developers Academy | YWCA | Livestrong | MercyCorps | Ford Foundation | Hugo House | Vera Justice Institute | Planned Parenthood | VillageReach | GlobalWA | Mentor, Inc. | Stanford Social Innovation Review
education
University of Washington | Stony Brook University | New York University | Oregon Health Sciences University | Seattle University | Oberlin College | Boston College | Dartmouth College | Ascend Learning Charter Schools | University of Michigan
professional associations
Association of Advancement Services Professionals | American Association for Justice Women Trial Lawyers | Ladies Get Paid | Hired | Junior League of Seattle | Public Media Women in Leadership | Women in Tech Regatta | Culturati Summit | Seattle Interactive Conference | Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc. | State of Black Arizona | Lean In Seattle | International Interior Design Association
healthcare
Sage Bionetworks | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | MTI Physical Therapy | Wellness House | Alliance Health Policy | HealthPoint | Research Advocacy Network |
government
The World Bank | Everett Housing Authority | Council of State Governments | Network of the National Library of Medicine
Praise for Authentic
See more at https://jodiannburey.com/authentic
“…Jodi-Ann Burey reads most of us so-called free laborers in this nation for filth. And it is the most necessary and narratively precise reading of my life. Nothing about us or the places we give our labor to can be the same after this dynamic book.”
— Kiese Laymon
“You will want to send in your resignation or then return to work with a roadmap for healing and thriving ‘beyond the institutional gaze.’ This book is for us. You know who you are.”
— Sonora Jha
“In both poetic and straightforward prose, bolstered by years of experience and research, Jodi-Ann bears her mind, heart, and body to us in Authentic, vulnerably and fearlessly.”
— Xochitl Gonzalez
“I encourage everyone committed to social justice to take the time to read this book slowly and carefully: it is just what we need right now, to find the courage to keep pushing for change, knowing we are not alone.”
— Sara Ahmed
“No matter what work you do in the world, you will see yourself in Authentic, a tour de force debut that reconceptualizes what authenticity means in a labor market that forces employees to be the sole guardians of their own mental and physical well-being.”
— Laura Warrell
“Thank goodness for Burey, who says—with so much warmth, wit, and wisdom—what many of us have been unable to say. I wasn’t ready for how much I needed this book. I am ready for how much the world does.”