Education
University of Pennsylvania. Cornell University.
University of Pennsylvania. Cornell University.
Born in 1951 in Philadelphia, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctor of Philosophy in Regional Science from Cornell University. In 1999 Kaniss created the Student Voices Project, an initiative sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center that works with urban school systems to encourage youth civic involvement. Kaniss served as Assistant Dean for the Annenberg School for Communications and taught courses on local news media and urban politics and policy.
Kaniss also published numerous Op-Eds in newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Times.
Kaniss died December 17, 2010 after a long battle with cancer.