Charlotte F. Cole, Ed.D.

Vice President, International Education, Research and Outreach

Dr. Cole, Vice President for International Education, Research and Outreach, oversees the research, curriculum development and community outreach for Sesame Workshop's international co-productions, including adaptations of the well-known pre-school program, Sesame Street. Working with educators and production teams throughout the world, she has most recently been engaged in projects in Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Russia, South Africa and West Bank/Gaza. Prior to joining the Workshop, Dr. Cole worked as a Senior Researcher at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston on a longitudinal study of families of children with acute and chronic illness funded by the National Institutes of Health. She has also served as a consultant to the Harvard Institute for International Development on several child-health projects in Thailand. Dr. Cole received her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. Her teaching experience includes instructor positions at Boston College, Lesley College and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She also works as the Review and Commentary Editor of the Journal of Children and Media.