Dixie Ching

Senior Manager, Research and Communications

dixie.ching@sesameworkshop.org

Ms. Ching manages the Center's research projects as well as the Cooney Fellows program. Her undergraduate and post-graduate research at UC Berkeley and the National Institutes of Health has resulted in publications in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Ms. Ching has also worked in the field of documentary television, helping to produce shows for the Discovery Channel and PBS. In 2001, she moved to Beijing, China, where she taught English and created an English-instructional series for Beijing Television. Before coming to the Center, Ms. Ching was a researcher at the Center for Children and Technology (CCT), part of the Education Development Center. At CCT, she conducted research on novel educational technology products, including an NSF-funded science simulation for secondary school students. Ms. Ching holds a bachelor's degree in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, receiving an I.L. Chaikoff Award for the quality of her research. Ms. Ching also holds a master's degree in Science Journalism from Boston University, which she attended on a GenCorp Foundation scholarship.