Charlotte oversees the research, educational content development and community outreach on the company’s international co-productions including adaptations of the well-known pre-school programme, 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, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, 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. Her teaching experience includes serving as a course instructor at Boston College, Lesley College and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in the United States.