Catherine Jhee

Senior Director, Strategic Communications

Catherine is Senior Director of Strategic Communications at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, where she leads its communication and publication efforts. She is a writer, editor, and interactive producer with more than 10 years of experience creating and distributing educational and documentary content for organizations including POV Interactive, the award-winning website for the independent documentary series on PBS, the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, Science Bulletins at the American Museum of Natural History, and Picture Projects. Catherine’s interest in children’s media research began as an undergraduate at Duke University. She received an MAH from the University at Buffalo in Comparative Literature and Media Studies and an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has taught courses on documentary video production and filmmaking at the University at Buffalo and interactive design at the Cooper Union School of Art.