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Mridu Chandra
Mridu Chandra is a filmmaker, educator, and writer based in New York. She has been producing social issue documentaries and narrative films for the past decade. She co-produced “Brother Outsider” about late civil rights and peace activist Bayard Rustin, and produced “Let the Church Say, Amen,” a verité film about faith and self-empowerment in Washington D.C. Both films aired on public television and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, she has produced the feature length narrative film “Home Sweet Home” (forthcoming). As an educator, she has taught documentary courses at The New School in the Graduate Media Studies department and at NYU in the SCPS’s Department of Design, Digital Arts, and Film.
She also lectures in the NYC “Made in NY PA training Program,” providing skill development and mentorship for individuals from diverse communities seeking entry level positions in the NY film and television industry. She completed a teaching residency in Lahore, where she created curriculum for and established Pakistan’s first university level film & video program. Prior to her filmmaking career, she studied medical anthropology and South Asian studies at the University of Chicago (M.A.) and at McGill University (B.A.).
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Patricia Aufderheide
DirectorJessica Clark
Director, Future of Public Media ProjectAlison Hanold
Associate DirectorMicael Bogar
Projects ManagerMaura Ugarte
Associate Research DirectorKatie Donnelly
Research FellowLauren Donia
Senior Administrative AssistantClaire Darby
Graduate Fellow
Research & Media Fellows
Center fellows collaborate with the Center for Social Media on various projects.
Barbara Abrash
Director of Public Policy Programs, New York UniversityMridu Chandra
Director, Documentary Ethics ProjectGiovanna Chesler
Executive Producer, Tune in STI NetworkGreg Fitzpatrick
Research FellowGordon Quinn
Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin FilmsJD Lasica
Media FellowNina Keim
Research FellowKate Schuler
Research FellowMatt Nisbet
Research FellowNeil Sieling
Media FellowShalini Venturelli
Director, Global Public Media Research ProjectAnn Williams
Media Fellow
Advisory Committee
Chon Noriega
Professor and Associate Director
Chicano Studies Research Center
University of California Los Angeles
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
Ernest J. Wilson III
Dean and Walter Annenberg Chair in Communication
School for Communication
University of Southern California
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
