Members of NCTE have elected Ernest Morrell to the office of vice president. Morrell is the incoming director of the Institute for Urban Minority Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was been member of the CEE Executive Committee (2003-07), has served on several NCTE committees, and has authored numerous books. Morrell will take office during the NCTE Annual Convention in Chicago in November, will become president-elect in 2012, and will assume the presidency of the Council during the 2013 Annual Convention in Boston.
See below for the results of the 2011 elections.
NCTE
Vice President
Ernest Morrell, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York
Elementary Representative-at-Large
Franki Sibberson, Dublin City Schools, Ohio
Middle Level Representative-at-Large
Connie Nagel, Pleasant Valley Junior High School, LeClaire, Iowa
Trustees of the Research Foundation
Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
NCTE Nominating Committee**
*Chris Gallagher, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, CHAIR
Amy Seely Flint, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Carol Gilles, University of Missouri, Columbia
Susi Long, University of South Carolina, Columbia**
Kyoko Sato, California State University, Northridge**
Elizabeth Spalding, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Fran Wilson, Madeira Elementary School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Sections
2011-2012 Elementary Section Nominating Committee
*Jane Bean-Folkes, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, CHAIR
Katie DiCesare, Dublin City Schools, Ohio
Daniel Feigelson, New York City Department of Education, New York
Middle Level Section Steering Committee
Susan Houser, Thurgood Marshall Middle School, St. Petersburg, Florida
Sara Kajder, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
2011-2012 Middle Level Section Nominating Committee
*Michael J. Vokoun, Independent Day School, Tampa, Florida, CHAIR
Jan Graham, William J. Montford III Middle School, Tallahassee, Florida
Marcelle Haddix, Syracuse University, New York
Secondary Section Steering Committee
Stephen Heller, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois
2011-2012 Secondary Section Nominating Committee
*Linda Milanese Kerschner, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, CHAIR
Brandon Bolyard, Vallivue High School, Caldwell, Idaho
Maja Wilson, University of Maine, Orono
College Section Steering Committee
Bruce Horner, University of Louisville, Kentucky
LuMing Mao, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
R. Joseph Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin
2011-2012 College Section Nominating Committee
*Jenn Fishman, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, CHAIR
Tamika L. Carey, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Kate Vieira, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
CEE
CEE Executive Committee
David E. Kirkland, New York University, New York
Melanie Shoffner, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Leah Zuidema, Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa
CEE Nominating Committee
*Susan L. Groenke, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, CHAIR
Carol Brochin Ceballos, University of Texas at El Paso
Caroline T. Clark, Ohio State University, Columbus
Jeffrey Kaplan, University of Central Florida, Orlando
Kathleen Dudden Rowlands, California State University, Northridge
TYCA
Associate Chair
Andy Anderson, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
Secretary
Sarah Z. Johnson, Madison Area Technical College, Wisconsin
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*Under Council practice, the member of each Nominating Committee receiving the largest number of votes is named Chair.
**A 2005 NCTE Constitutional Amendment provided for the NCTE Executive Committee to appoint two additional members to the NCTE Nominating Committee each year (names to come).