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Staff Bios Ellen Goodman

Ellen Goodman is a Professor at Rutgers University School of Law at Camden, specializing in information law and policy. Professor Goodman’s scholarship probes the appropriate role of government policy, markets, and social norms in supporting a robust information environment. She has focused recently on the future of public media and recently authored a book chapter entitled Public Service Media 2.0. This and recent law review articles are available at ssrn.com. Professor Goodman has spoken before a wide range of audiences around the world, has consulted with the U.S. government on communications policy, and has served as an advisor to President Obama’s presidential campaign and transition team. She is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communications and has visited at Penn’s Wharton School and Law School.

Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 2003, Professor Goodman was a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, where she practiced in the information technology area. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Professor Goodman was a law clerk for Judge Norma Shapiro on the federal court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She lives near Philadelphia with her husband and three children.

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Jessica Clark

Director, Future of Public Media Project

Alison Hanold

Associate Director

Micael Bogar

Projects Manager

Claire Darby

Graduate Fellow

Matthew Gordon

Graduate Fellow

Maura Ugarte

Associate Research Director

Katie Donnelly

Associate Research Director

Lauren Donia

Senior Administrative Assistant

Research & Media Fellows

Center fellows collaborate with the Center for Social Media on various projects.

Barbara Abrash  

Director of Public Policy Programs, New York University

Mridu Chandra

Director, Documentary Ethics Project

Ellen Goodman

Professor of Law, Rutgers University—Camden

Nina Keim

Research Fellow

Matt Nisbet

Research Fellow

Jacquie Jones

Research Fellow

Gordon Quinn

Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films

Neil Sieling

Media Fellow

Ann Williams

Media Fellow

Shalini Venturelli

Director, Global Public Media Research Project

Advisory Committee

Helen De Michiel

Co-Director
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture

Sally Jo Fifer

President
Independent Television Service

Faye Ginsburg

Professor and Director
Center for Media, Culture and History
New York University

Barbara Kopple

Filmmaker

Cara Mertes

Director
Sundance Documentary Film Program

Chon Noriega

Professor and Associate Director
Chicano Studies Research Center
University of California Los Angeles

Mimi Pickering

Film/Video Producer
Appalshop Films

Ellen Schneider

Executive Director
Active Voice

George Stoney

Filmmaker and Goddard Professor of Cinema
New York University

Debra Zimmerman

Executive Director
Women Make Movies

Sandra Braman

Professor
Department of Communication
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Andrew Calabrese

School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Colorado

Katy Chevigny

Executive Director
Arts Engine, Inc.

Linda Garcia

Director
Communication, Culture & Technology Program
Georgetown University

David Liroff

Senior Vice President, System Development and Media Strategy
Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Kevin Martin

Vice President, Station Grants and Television Station Initiatives
Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Michael Schudson

Professor
Department of Communication
University of California - San Diego

Ernest J. Wilson III

Dean and Walter Annenberg Chair in Communication
School for Communication
University of Southern California

Don Young

Interim Executive Director
Center for Asian American Media

Working Group

The Center for Social Media Working Group is composed of School of Communication faculty who advise, assist and participate in the Center's activities.
Barbara Diggs-Brown
Jane Hall
Leena Jayaswal
Larry Kirkman
Brigid Maher
Kathryn Montgomery
Christopher Palmer
Rick Rockwell