Caty Borum Chattoo is executive director of the Center for Media and Social Impact and assistant professor at the American University School of Communication. She is an award-winning documentary producer, scholar, professor, and strategist working at the intersection of social-change communication, documentary, and entertainment storytelling. She is also the co-author, with Lauren Feldman, of A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice.