Education

Kim Storey received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, specializing in child development and the design and research of children’s educational media. As an undergraduate at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, she concentrated in child development and anthropology.

Educational Television

Dr. Storey served as Director of Educational Research at WGBH Educational Foundation. For nearly ten years, she was responsible for developing and managing educational television, video, and technology projects for children and adults, including:

• Discovering Psychology An award-winning, nationally broadcast 26-part television course
• New Initiatives in Children’s Television A national conference bringing together television industry leaders, public policy makers, and corporate executives
• NOVA Teacher’s Guides, Living Planet Viewer’s Guides and other curriculum resources to accompany broadcast productions
• Seeing the Unseen An innovative interactive science videodisc developed in partnership with Harvard Educational Technology Center

Media Design and Research

• Children’s Television Workshop, New York, NY
Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and 3-2-1 Contact
• Boston Children’s Zoo, Boston, MA
Festivals Around the World, a special exhibit with activity booklets
• Agency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, IN
On the Level, a multimedia teenage health course
• American Institutes for Research, Cambridge, MA
Feeling Free, a national television series promoting children’s understanding of people with disabilities
• Firefly Films, Newton, MA
• Research Communications Ltd., Norwood, MA
• Kurzweil Education Systems, Waltham, MA
• Rob Stegman Productions, Needham, MA
• Sarson Productions, Inc., New York, NY
• Research Communications, Inc., Chestnut Hill, MA
• WNET-TV/Thirteen, New York, NY
• National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.
• Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council, Austin, TX
• Center for Independent Living
Keys to Introducing Disabilities in Schools, Berkeley, CA

Video Production

Dr. Storey was co-founder and CEO of Magic Books Video, a children’s video production company.

Field Research and Dance

Dr. Storey conducted field research on children’s play in Bali, Indonesia.
She taught children’s creative dance for 20 years.