![]() Julie Spira |
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Citizenship | United States |
Education | Ithaca College |
Occupation | Author, media personality |
Awards | WOW (2010) |
Website | |
www.juliespira.com |
Julie Spira is an author and media personality notable for her expertise on the subjects of online dating, social media, mobile dating, and netiquette. She wrote The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online.[1] Spira has written about the intersection of love and technology for numerous publications.[2][3][4][5][6]
Spira earned a bachelor of science degree in television and radio from Ithaca College.[7] From 1997 to 2001, she was a sales executive at InterPacket Networks.
Spira’s book The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online is a tell-all memoir of 250 online dates, and includes Internet dating advice for singles. The Santa Monica Daily Press called it "a must for this generation of singles, both male and female, who are into cyber-dating."[8] Spira’s second book will be titled The Rules of Netiquette: How to Mind your Manners on the Web.[9][10]
Spira is often called upon as an online dating expert in the media. She has made appearances to discuss online dating safety, mobile dating, and other relationship topics.[11][12][13][14][15][16] Spira has been a guest on NPR’s All Things Considered as a mobile dating expert, speaking about the history of computer dating from the 1950s to the present day of mobile dating apps.[17] Spira’s Mobile Dating BootCamp was featured in the Washington Post, where she discussed the rapid growth of mobile dating and social networking applications.[18]
In 2010, Spira received the Wonderful Outstanding Woman or WOW award from Jewish Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Los Angeles, for her philanthropic work in the Los Angeles Community.[19]