Presenters & keynote
Our 2027 lineup grows as speakers are confirmed. Registered attendees get the full session catalog as it fills in.
Lexie Kite, PhD
Keynote · Co-director, Beauty Redefined · Co-author, More Than a Body
Dr. Lexie Kite is a co-author of More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined. With her identical twin, Dr. Lindsay Kite, she earned a PhD from the University of Utah studying female body image — and together they’ve become leading experts in body image resilience and media literacy, with research cited widely and features in The New York Times, CNBC, the Boston Globe, Glamour, and Teen Vogue.
Their work centers on a refined truth: positive body image isn’t believing your body looks good — it’s knowing your body is good, regardless of how it looks. Where body positivity and body neutrality can feel out of reach in a culture that objectifies bodies, the Kites teach Body Image Resilience: a practical, continuous process of facing body-shame triggers and responding in ways that reconnect you to your body and your greater sense of self.
Since 2009, the Kites have reached millions of people through online education, social-media activism, speaking events, and More Than a Body (HarperCollins, 2020). Their work has been featured in The New York Times, CNBC, the Boston Globe, Glamour, and Teen Vogue.
Beyond the book and their wide social-media reach, Lexie and Lindsay lead an online Body Image Resilience course and a facilitator program built for dietitians and therapists — the very clinicians the Nura Conference serves. Lexie lives in Salt Lake City, where she’ll take the Nura 2027 stage.