Biography

Sherri serves as Director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) at Temple University, USA where she is associate professor in the Klein College of Media and Communication. She also directs the Certificate in Children's Media. Sherri served as vice chair of the Global Media and Information Literacy Alliance, a UNESCO-initiated alliance of over 600 organizations from 80 countries. Sherri’s teaching and consulting explores the media industry and media literacy, with a focus on media for children. Recent projects include Google Kids and Family, PBS Kids, Digital Communications Network, Maryland Public Television, Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy, the Public Journalism Club of Armenia, and the National Association for Media Literacy Education. 

Sherri is recognized as a Fulbright Global Scholar for 2022-2023. She collaborated with scholars and media industry leaders in Brazil, Australia and the United Kingdom to research best practice in developing inspiring and quality media content for children. She was a visiting professor at Western Sydney University in Australia in 2022.

Sherri talks with kids about the influence of media in their lives on her podcast Kids Talk Media and discusses issues facing children's media and media literacy with guests on her television series, Media Inside Out. Sherri regularly presents internationally on media literacy and children’s media topics. She has given talks and presentations on five continents and over 20 countries. She has moderated panels at major universities and conferences, including the Children’s Global Media Summit, World Summit on Media for Children, UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy conferences, International Media Literacy Research Symposium, National Association for Media Literacy Education and UK Children’s Media Conference. She has been interviewed by major news outlets about media and children, including Variety, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Philadelphia Inquirer, Radio Times (NPR), and KQED Mindshift. She appeared in the documentary "Trust Me" from award winning director Roko Belic 

Sherri’s publications include a co-authored chapter in Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment (2020) titled, “A Snapshot: the state of media literacy education in the US”; and a chapter in the latest edition of 20 Questions about Youth and the Media (2019) titled, “How are the needs of children considered in children’s media?”. She served as co-editor of the international yearbook on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue for several years. Sherri was a 3-term president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education. 

Sherri has spent several semesters abroad as faculty director of the Klein College study abroad program in London and as summer faculty for Temple Rome, as well as visiting faculty at the Thessaloniki International Summer Media Academy in Greece, affiliated with Aristotle University. http://www.joursummerschool.org/ 

Sherri holds a master’s degree in public culture from the University of Pennsylvania.  Her research explored the impact of children’s television on the social development of girls and their ability to form diverse friendships. Sherri began her career as a television producer. She held various production and management positions over twenty-five years, including CEO of Independence Public Media Television in Philadelphia.