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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.).

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

Giovanna Chesler

Executive Producer, Tune in STI Network

Greg Fitzpatrick

Research Fellow

Gordon Quinn

Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films

JD Lasica

Media Fellow

Nina Keim

Research Fellow

Kate Schuler

Research Fellow

Matt Nisbet

Research Fellow

Neil Sieling

Media Fellow

Shalini Venturelli

Director, Global Public Media Research Project

Ann Williams

Media Fellow

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