Sarah Banet-Weiser is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Annenberg. Her teaching and research interests include feminist theory, race and the media, children's media, popular culture, and national identity. She teaches courses in the Entertainment track of the Communication curriculum, including classes on children and the media, and gender and communication.
She has recently published a book on consumer citizenship and the children's cable network: Nickelodeon, Kids Rule! Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship (Duke University Press, 2007), in addition to her recent co-edited book, Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting, co-edited with Cynthia Chris and Anthony Freitas (New York University Press, 2007). Currently, she is working on another book project on brand culture, youth identity, and political possibility.