Instructor
Anya Schiffrin is the director of the Technology, Media, and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs. She teaches courses on media and development and innovation as well as the course "Media, Human Rights and Social Change." Among other topics, she writes on journalism and development as well as the media in Africa and the extractive sector. Schiffrin spent 10 years working overseas as a journalist in Europe and Asia and was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 1999-2000. Schiffrin is on the advisory board of the Open Society Foundation's Program on Independent Journalism and of the Natural Resource Governance Institute. Her most recent book is Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Reporting from Around the World (New Press 2014).
Content Team
The following assisted Anya Schiffrin on the Global Muckraking MOOC content production: Andrea Gurwitt, content producer; Christopher Booker, media editor; Marie von Hafften, teaching assistant; Fany de la Chica, course trailer editor; researchers: Rebecca Chao, Nicolo Gnecchi, Susanna de Martino, Sarah Gitlin, Jay Pinho, Vanessa Pope, Ryan Powell, Laura Quintela, Danfeng Wu, Jane Folpe, Anny Osabutey.
Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning
The Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) builds education experiences for Columbia University's faculty, staff, and students across all of Columbia's colleges, schools, and departments — on campus and online. CTL has been dedicated to producing new media and developing educational technology to enhance university teaching and learning. Our productions, publications, and events aim to provide thought leadership and practical support — and promote innovation in pedagogy and curriculum development — for teachers and higher education everywhere. For more information, please visit http://ctl.columbia.edu.
Meet some of the CTL staff that helped produced this MOOC: Maurice Matiz, Jose W. Diaz, Stephanie Ogden, Laura Lechner, Andrew Flatgard, Sarohini Chahal (emeritus), Lucy Appert, Marc Raymond, Zarina Mustapha, Nick Buonincontri.