Sanjeev Chatterjee
Sanjeev Chatterjee is a professor, visual storyteller and an avid mentor to young changemakers in the media and related fields.
After earning his M.A. in English literature from Delhi University, Sanjeev worked for two years as a grassroots filmmaker focused on rural development in India. In 1987 he was awarded a full scholarship to Brooklyn College where he completed his M.F.A. in Radio and Television specializing in documentary storytelling.
Sanjeev joined the faculty at Emerson College, Boston as an assistant professor in 1989. He has been on the faculty of the School of Communication, University of Miami since 1994. He is currently a full professor with appointments in the Department of Cinema and Interactive Media (primary) as well as the Department of Journalism (secondary). He teaches courses in visual storytelling, media and society, film and television production. Sanjeev also serves on the faculties of Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change (since 2006) and Young India Fellowship (Since 2011). During the summer of 2017, Sanjeev took on responsibilities as Senior Advisor to the Vice Chancellor of Ashoka University, India, focusing on organizational and curricular planning for the Fellowship’s next phase.
During his tenure at the University of Miami, Sanjeev has fulfilled a variety of administrative responsibilities including serving on the university promotion and tenure committee, grants allocation committee, accreditation committee, quality enhancement program (chair), Carnegie task force on community engagement among others. Sanjeev served as the master of Eaton Residential College (2000 – 2016). He was the vice dean of the School of Communication (2006 – 2010) and the founding executive director of the Knight Center for International Media (2007 – 2011). Sanjeev directs UIndia, the University of Miami’s semester abroad program in India (2013 – ) In 2015, he founded the independent Florida based non-profit (501 (c) 3) Media for Change with the goal of creating a global collaborative network of media changemakers.
Sanjeev’s documentary work has won top awards internationally and attracted funding from multiple sources including the Knight Foundation, Florida Humanities Council, UNDP, UN Water, Stockholm International Water Institute, United States Institute for Peace and others. He was a Fulbright Scholar (India) in 2011 and served a 3-year term (2013-’16) on the Fulbright national selection committee (USA).
Sanjeev lives in Miami with his wife Sumita, who is a historian, their two teenage children Abhinav and Uma, and their dog Maraka. At home he spends a lot of time in the kitchen and tending to their vegetable and fruit garden.