SECA Editorial Committee

Jaesook Gilbert, Ph.D., Chair
Kentucky
Jaesook teaches early childhood education courses at Northern Kentucky University. In Kentucky, early childhood education is working with children (birth through five years) with and without disabilities.



Wilma Robles de Melendez, Ph.D.
Florida
Wilma is a professor of early childhood education at the Fischler Graduate School of Education, Nova Southeastern University, in Miami, FL.




Jeff Leffler
Mississippi
Jeff is the Executive Director of the Center for Child Development at the University of Southern Mississippi.





Dr. Charlotte Hendricks
Alabama
Charlotte is President of Healthy Childcare Consultants, Inc. and Coordinator for JCCEO Head Start Center of Excellence in Birmingham, AL.




Catheryn Weitman, Ph.D
Texas
Catheryn is Dean and Professor of Educational Administration at Texas A&M International University.





Christine J. Ferguson
South Carolina
Christine teaches courses in early childhood education methods and home-school-community collaboration in the undergraduate and graduate programs and supervises teacher candidates at Winthrop University.



Martha Garner
Louisiana
Martha has taught pre-K and kindergarten in Louisiana for 15 years. She is currently teaching at St. Charles Street Elementary in Jeanerette and is the Editor of Collaborations, the journal of the Lousiana Early Childhood Association.



Joanna Grymes, Ph.D., SECA Board Liaison
Arkansas
Joanna is Associate Professor of Teacher Education at Arkansas State University. She is the current Arkansas Representative to the SECA Board of Directors.




Stephen Graves, Editor
Florida
Stephen is a retired professor of early childhood education and past president of the AAYC and SCECA.






Bobbie Warash, Ed.D., Professional Book Review Editor
West Virginia
Bobbie is Professor of Child Development and Family Studies and Director of the Child Development Laboratory at West Virginia University.





Karen Leffler, Copy Editor
Mississippi
Karen teaches AP English Language and Composition and Junior English at Oak Grove High School.