The Museum is pleased to host a talk and book signing on Sept. 15 at 4 p.m. by Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, Senior Vice President of Curriculum and Content at Sesame Workshop, for her latest book, “Sesame Street: Ready for School! A Parent’s Guide to Playful Learning for Children Ages 2 to 5.”

Born and raised in Hoboken, in the family that ran the beloved corner butcher shop and grocer, Truglio’s, at 10th Street and Park Ave., Dr. Truglio has been responsible for development of interdisciplinary curriculum that is the basis for Sesame Street and oversees content development across the program’s television, publishing, toys, home video and theme park activities. She also oversees the curriculum development for all new show production, including “Esme & Roy,” airing on HBO.

The event is free, and book will be available for purchase for $18. Please note, the talk is aimed at adults; the Museum will provide supervised childcare in the walkway outside Museum. Please reserve a spot for yourself (and child(ren)) by clicking below.

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Prior to her current role with Sesame Workshop, Dr. Truglio oversaw all educational research pertaining to program development, the results of which informed both the production and creative decisions for how to enhance the entertaining and educational components of linear and interactive content, from 1997 to 2013. Before joining Sesame Workshop in 1997, she was an Assistant Professor of Communication and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Dr. Truglio has written numerous articles in child and developmental psychology journals and presented her work at national and international conferences. Additionally, she is co-editor of “G is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street” (2001) published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Dr. Truglio has appeared on numerous broadcast, cable, and radio news and talk programs, including “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “CNN’s Headline News and Sanjay Gupta. MD,” “Showbiz Tonight,” NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and has been interviewed by reporters from a variety of national newspapers and news agencies. Dr. Truglio currently serves on several advisory boards, and earned her Ph.D. in Developmental and Child Psychology from the University of Kansas, and a B.A in Psychology from Douglass College, Rutgers University. She received distinguished alumni awards from Douglass College (2005), University of Kansas (2013), Rutgers University (2014), and the University of Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame (2015).