About the Sesame Street Archive

We are a group of passionate individuals dedicated to preserving the legacy of Sesame Street through research and technology.

Team

Founding Leadership

Our mission is to provide a comprehensive, searchable, and accessible database of Sesame Street episodes, segments, cast, and production details. We aim to support research and preserve Sesame Street's cultural impact through an interactive platform.

Sophia Vinci-Booher
Principal Investigator
Vanderbilt University
James Booth
Co-Investigator
Vanderbilt University
Kendrick Kay
Co-Investigator
University of Minnesota
Chen Yu
Co-Investigator
University of Texas at Austin
Franco Pestilli
Co-Investigator
University of Texas at Austin
Karol Sadkowski
Technical Project Manager
Vanderbilt University

Technical Contributors

Jasmine Guo
Data Scientist

Website Development

Andrew Wesolek
Co-Investigator
Cazembe Kennedy
HCI Specialist
Erin Geier
Full-Stack Cloud Engineer
Anthony Cooper
Solutions Developer

Research Assistants

Aiste Austrevicius
Research Assistant
Angela Qian
Research Assistant
Bevin Zhang
Research Assistant
Chi Luo
Research Assistant
Eva Maria Louis
Research Assistant
Kaya Booth
Research Assistant
Rithika Thambireddy
Research Assistant
Xizhi Li
Research Assistant
Yimeng Gu
Research Assistant
Yumiko Wang
Research Assistant