Leadership
Sherri Hope Culver
Director and Professor of Instruction
Department of Media Studies and Production
Sherri Hope Culver specializes in developing creative content and conducting research to better understand new digital audiences, with a focus on children and youth and media literacy. Sherri serves as Director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) where she is a professor of instruction in the Klein College of Media and Communication. The CMIL is a founding member of the UNESCO university network in Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID). Sherri served as vice chair of the Global Media and Information Literacy Alliance, a UNESCO-initiated alliance of over 600 organizations from 80 countries and as president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education.
Her consulting projects have provided content development, project evaluation, educational development and strategic executive management with a focus on children’s media and media literacy. She has consulted for TIME Studios, Google Kids and Family, PBS Kids, Agents of Change video game, Digital Communications Network, Maryland Public Television, Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy, Public Journalism Club of Armenia, and the National Association for Media Literacy Education.
Sherri is recognized as a Fulbright Global Scholar for 2022-2023. Her research explored best practice in developing quality media content for children with a focus on Brazil, Australia, United Kingdom and USA. She was a visiting professor at Western Sydney University, Australia in 2022. Sherri produces and hosts the podcast Kids Talk Media.
Sherri holds a master’s degree in public culture from the University of Pennsylvania. She began her career as a television producer holding various production and management positions over 25 years in the media industry.
Vivian Allegretti
Student Worker
Vivian is the student worker for the Center for Media and Information Literacy at Temple University. In this role, she helps run the office and is the associate producer for the TUTV show, Media Inside Out. Vivian is a senior Media Studies and Production student pursuing the new Children’s Media Certificate through the Klein College of Media and Communication. She is interested in all forms of children’s media and media literacy.
CMIL Alumni
Emily Bailin
During her time with the CMIL Emily was a doctoral student at Teachers College at Columbia University studying in the Ed.D. program for Education and Communication. She holds a masters in Education, Culture & Society at University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, which she received in 2010. Her research interests and professional experiences reside mainly in the field of media literacy education.
Sojin An
Sojin An is a Producer and Director of Dramas, Documentaries and educational programs at EBS (Korean Educational Broadcasting System). Sojin has been working in the Children’s Media Industry for 18 years and has made numerous shows for children. Sojin An was born in Seoul, Korea and is now a Fellowship Student at Temple University. Sojin An is nominated for an International Emmy Award in the Kids TV Movie/ Mini-series category. Sojin An was a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Media and Information Literacy from January through December 2013 doing research on children’s media in the US.
David Cooper Moore
David Cooper Moore currently leads a series university-school partnerships between Temple University and K-12 schools and programs in Philadelphia to bring media and information literacy enrichment program to students in in-school and after-school contexts. He has led and participated in in-school mentoring, teacher education, curriculum development and media and technology integration. Moore has also developed media literacy projects and productions with PBSTeachers, the Center for Social Media, Drug Free PA, and the Girl Scouts of America in topics including digital citizenship and civic responsibility,public health, and fair use in K-12 education. He currently media production and media and information literacy to a variety of age groups including K-12 and undergraduate students.
Moore also blogs on education, media and technology issues at DavidCooperMoore.com.
Hugh Kesson
Hugh Kesson is currently coordinating work between CMIL and the New Media and TechnologyCharter School in northeast Philadelphia. Hugh has been a high school teacher, college professor, media educator and documentary film maker. He has worked in the US, UK andAustralia, and has managed to add to his collection of higher education qualifications on all three continents. His work and research is broadly concerned with issues of equality in media and education, and is specifically focused on the development of digital literacies.
Former Visiting Fellows:
Tomas Duran – visiting fellow, Autonomous University Barcelona (2015)
Soijin An – visiting fellow, Korean Broadcasting Service (2013)
Student workers:
Chris Cook (work study, Fall 2023)
Kayla Paul-Koch (work study, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023)
Danny Kilderry (work study, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022)
Baker McNamara (work study Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021)
Andrew Shaqfeh (work study Fall 2019- Spring 2020)
Abigail Turrisi (work study, Fall 2018)
Andrea Miller (work study, Spring 2017)
Joselyn Castro (work study, Spring 2016)
Cara Glatfelter (work study, Fall 2015 – 2016)
Cari Dienstman (work study, Spring 2015)
Melissa Lam Ly (work study, Fall 2014)