Sherri Hope Culver, MLA

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. Sherri serves as vice-chair of the Global Media and Information Literacy Alliance, a UNESCO-initiated alliance of over 600 organizations from 80 countries.

Recent consulting projects include Philadelphia Inquirer, Public Journalism Club of Armenia, Thessaloniki Summer Journalism Academy, Digital Communications Network, and an international research initiative with the National Association for Media Literacy Education. 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.

Sherri’s recent 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?”. 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. 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 in Philadelphia.

Sub-specialties:
media literacy
children's media
media influence on children