The 2025 Election for NCTE, Section, ELATE, LLA, and TYCA leaders is now closed. We extend a warm congratulations to our newly elected leaders featured below.
Check back this fall for information on nominations for the 2026 election.
Results of NCTE’s 2025 election:
Jamal A. Cooks, Chabot College, CA
Elementary Representative-at-Large
Kari Johnston, Perez Elementary, Texas
Middle Level Representative-at-Large
Vivett Dukes, Middle School Teacher, New York City Department of Education
Trustees of the Research Foundation
Stephanie R. Toliver, University of Illinois
NCTE Nominating Committee
Chair: Ileana Jiménez, Stony Brook University, NY
Autumn Adia Griffin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Ysanna Arthur-John, British Virgin Islands SDA School
Michelle Peterson-Davis, Uniondale Public Schools, NY
Stephanie M. Robillard, Saint Mary’s College of California
Steering Committee
Wintre Foxworth Johnson, University of Virginia
Carmela A. Valdez, University of Texas
Nominating Committee
Chair: Kamania Wynter-Hoyte, University of South Carolina
Alexandria Estrella Bridges, Arizona State University
Chris Hass, James Madison University
Steering Committee
Michelle Yang-Kaczmarek, Dobbs Ferry School District, NY
Nominating Committee
Chair: Comfort Agboola, Chicago Public Schools, IL
Tanisha Boyd, Mobile County Public Schools, AL
Rebecca Chatham-Vazquez, North Dakota State University
Nominating Committee
Chair: Elizabeth Davis, Sayre School, KY
Erika Eckart, Oak Park and River Forest High School, IL
Jill Williams, Westerville City Schools, OH
Steering Committee
Limarys Caraballo, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY
Fredeisha Harper Darrington, Miles College, AL
Steven Lessner, Northern Virginia Community College
Nominating Committee
Chair: Rubén A. Gonzalez, Stanford University, CA
Kamshia Childs, East Texas A&M University
Emily Andrea Sendin, Miami Dade College, FL
Executive Committee
Kisha Porcher, University of Delaware
Mandie Bevels Dunn, University of South Florida
Steffany Comfort Maher, Indiana University Southeast
Nominating Committee
Chair: LaMar Timmons-Long, New York University
Christian M. Hines, Texas State University
Alexis Morgan Young, Miami University, OH
Sandra Saco, Arizona State University
Matthew D. Deroo, University of Miami, FL
Executive Board
Carolyn Clarke, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Ling Hao, Illinois State University
TYCA Associate Chair
Stephanie Dowdle Maenhardt, Salt Lake Community College, UT