She is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard and teaches in Harvard’s interdisciplinary Social Studies Program. Her book, Picture Perfect: Life in the Age of the Photo Op explores the use and abuse of images in photography, television, movies, and social media. It has been published in multiple languages. Her writings on the media helped spark a national debate on presidential campaign coverage in the United States. Adatto’s work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Republic, Time Magazine, Commonweal, and the Huffington Post. Her current book project is The World Next Door: Crossing the Divide Between Neighbors and Strangers. With her husband, political philosopher Michael Sandel, she co-leads an international storytelling and civic education initiative for children—The Babayan Story Project.