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Dr. Palmer shared in founding the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) and Sesame Street, beginning as a general researcher. He was Vice President of Research at CTW for 19 years. While at CTW, Dr. Palmer played a role in the creation of three adult TV series -- the Feeling Good health series, an adult drama series on U.S. history called The Best of Families, and the 50-episode Latin American Health Minutes -- in addition to The Electric Company, a children's TV series on reading; 3-2-1 Contact, a children's TV series on science; and numerous overseas adaptations of Sesame Street.

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  • Dr. Palmer shared in founding the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) and Sesame Street, beginning as a general researcher. He was Vice President of Research at CTW for 19 years. While at CTW, Dr. Palmer played a role in the creation of three adult TV series -- the Feeling Good health series, an adult drama series on U.S. history called The Best of Families, and the 50-episode Latin American Health Minutes -- in addition to The Electric Company, a children's TV series on reading; 3-2-1 Contact, a children's TV series on science; and numerous overseas adaptations of Sesame Street.
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  • Dr. Palmer shared in founding the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) and Sesame Street, beginning as a general researcher. He was Vice President of Research at CTW for 19 years. While at CTW, Dr. Palmer played a role in the creation of three adult TV series -- the Feeling Good health series, an adult drama series on U.S. history called The Best of Families, and the 50-episode Latin American Health Minutes -- in addition to The Electric Company, a children's TV series on reading; 3-2-1 Contact, a children's TV series on science; and numerous overseas adaptations of Sesame Street. More recently, Palmer participated as a producer of Al Manaahil ("The Sources"), a TV series created by CTW in Jordan to teach reading of Arabic to Arab children and adults, and was a consultant to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs on the creation of The Equatorial Trilogy, three 75-minute made-for-TV feature films produced in Indonesia on the subject of health and the environment.
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