Faculty Bio

Kathleen S. Wilson Thesis Mentor Tisch Asia

Biography

Kathleen Wilson is based in New York City where she consults with media companies on digital strategy and creative development and is a member of the adjunct faculty at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Interactive Telecommunications Department.  Previously, she co-founded and worked at Viacom for seven years as the Vice President, Creative Director of Viacom Interactive, a cross-company division that catalyzed the development of new digital products, brands, and businesses for Viacom companies.  Prior to Viacom, Kathleen was an Executive Producer/Designer at Paramount’s Media Kitchen in Silicon Valley for three years, working with Paramount companies to write and develop interactive television pilots, interactive story worlds and interactive travel content for mobile devices. Before joining Paramount, Kathleen scripted and designed the children’s CDROM title, Simtown for Electronic Arts/Maxis and consulted with a consortium of seven art museums, coordinated by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, to design and develop interactive experiences for museum visitors based on the art and world of the Impressionists.

Kathleen spent eight years as a Producer/Designer and Multimedia Director at Bank Street College’s Center for Children and Technology in New York, where she scripted, designed and developed interactive media pilots for children, with funds from Sony, Apple, NSF and the Department of Education.  Her biggest project at Bank Street, Palenque, was funded by RCA, GE, and Intel, using their experimental digital video interactive technology, in conjunction with Bank Street’s Second Voyage of the Mimi  TV show, which starred the young Ben Affleck and aired on PBS.  Kathleen has written many articles and given numerous presentations on digital media around the world, participated as a judge at many interactive media festivals, consulted with a wide range of companies and travelled extensively.  Whenever possible she takes writing workshops at the Gotham Writers Workshop, has a doctorate from Harvard University in Human Development and Psychology, a global MBA from TRIUM (HEC-Paris, LSE-London, NYU-Stern), and a BA from Middlebury College with honors in art.   She recently published her first novel, Rumer & Qix:  The Race to Terra Incognita, a futuristic, eco-fantasy adventure for tweens.