Anastasia M. Ashman
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Anastasia Ashman | |
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| Born | August 8, 1964 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Education | Berkeley High School Bryn Mawr College (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | writer, producer, digital strategist |
| Spouse | Burc Sahinoglu |
| Website | www |
Anastasia M. Ashman (born August 8, 1964) is an American author, a digital strategist, and co-founder of global personal branding startup GlobalNiche.net.
Background
Ashman was born in 1964 in Berkeley, California.[1] She graduated from Berkeley High School (1982), and received her Bachelor of Arts from Bryn Mawr College in Classical Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Archaeology (1986). An expat for 14 years, she has resided in Rome, Italy; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Istanbul, Turkey. She and her Turkish husband, Burc Sahinoglu[1] live in San Francisco, California.
Ashman spent a decade in New York and Los Angeles media and entertainment circles, working in operations and administration for
Career
Ashman is a cultural essayist, editor and cultural producer. Her arts, travel and culture journalism and criticism has appeared in a wide range of publications, from international business newspapers and newsmagazines, like the
Along with American writer
Ashman's personal essays appear in the humor travel collection The Thong Also Rises: Further Misadventures From Funny Women on the Road (Palo Alto: Travelers' Tales, 2005) and in The Subway Chronicles: Scenes From Life in New York (New York: Plume-Penguin, 2006).
The author, along with co-editor Jennifer Eaton Gokmen, was interviewed on
Along with Janera Soerel, the founder of Global Nomad Salons and an online magazine and members-only social network, which explore issues of
She is also a
She combines her cultural and global sensibilities with her publishing, Internet and media background in her online identity management and digital content marketing work.
Works
- Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey
- Ashman's Cultural Producer Blog Furthering the Worldwide Cultural Conversation
- Doğan Kitap, Turkish publisher of Tales from the Expat Harem and Turkish version, Türkçe Sevmek
- Seal Press, North American publisher of Tales from the Expat Harem
- The Thong Also Rises: Further Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road
- The Subway Chronicles: Scenes from Life in New York
Awards and honors
- From the international relations group Daughters of Atatürk, Ashman and her Expat Harem co-editor were honored with the 2006 "Woman of Distinction Award", an annual title bestowed on women who have "demonstrated vision, leadership, innovation and professionalism" in "giving their talents to the international Turkish community". Other 2006 honorees include Leslie Peirce.
- "Top twenty women for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter"[3]
References
- ^ a b "Ashman, Anastasia M. 1964-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "NBCNews.com Video Player". msn.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008.
- ^ a b Sisson, Natalie (2010-07-26). "Top 20 Women For Entrepreneurs To Follow On Twitter". forbes.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2010.
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