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Brittany Sommer Katzin
Educational & Creative Consultant
Brittany Sommer Katzin is an Educational & Creative Consultant with close to a decade of experience in children’s media. Most recently, Brittany served as Senior Curriculum Specialist in the Content & Curriculum department at Sesame Workshop. In this role, Brittany developed the content and age-appropriate UI for websites, interactive games, and other digital assets for Sesame Street. Previously, Brittany worked in the Community & Family Engagement department at Sesame, where she developed educational content for multimedia outreach initiatives, including projects addressing child resilience, the needs of military families, children of incarcerated parents, and healthy habits. She has also worked in formative research for children’s television at Nick Jr. Brittany holds an Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. in Child Development from Tufts University.
Brittany's Sessions
Well Advised
Parents, broadcasters and funders are increasingly interested in rich educational media experiences for their children. This in turn puts pressure on producers to make sure that the content they are creating is educationally viable. Drawing together experts in early childhood education and children’s media production, this panel will help you…
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
Can children’s preschool programmes change cultural attitudes towards women by exposing young boys and girls to gender equality? Has children’s programming fostered unflattering views of women and the disrespectful attitudes it can create in society, as well as how women view themselves? How responsible is the children’s content industry for…
