Biography

Sherri serves as Director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) at Temple University where she is Professor of Instruction in the Klein College of Media and Communication and directs the Certificate in Children’s Media. The CMIL is a member of the UNESCO international university network in Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue. Sherri previously served as vice chair of the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Alliance, a network of over 600 organizations from 80 countries. She was an educational advisor on the PBS Kids Media Literacy Framework and has worked on projects for TIME Studios, Fred Rogers Productions, Google Kids & Family, Facebook/META, Prix Jeunesse, DCN Global, National Association for Media Literacy Education, Agents of Change video game, Public Journalism Club of Armenia, and Maryland Public Television.

Sherri was 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 in 2022.

Her publications include the report, The Quality Question: Why Children's Media Must Aim High; 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 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. She regularly presents internationally on media literacy and children’s media topics. She has given talks and presentations on five continents and over 20 countries and has moderated panels at major universities and conferences, including the Children’s Global Media Summit, World Summit on Media for Children, International Media Literacy Research Symposium, National Association for Media Literacy Education and UK Children’s Media Conference.

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.