Young Children is NAEYC’s award-winning, peer-reviewed journal. Each issue combines a strong research base with practical suggestions for early childhood educators and addresses important topics from multiple perspectives. Articles in Young Children support educational excellence and focus on meeting the needs of all children, birth through third grade.

Young Children is published four times a year (Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter).

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Young Children and NAEYC Books Consulting Editors

Stacey M. Alfonso / University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Jessica Alvarado / National University, San Diego, CA
Angela Buenaseda Aquilizan, Voices Executive Editor / BING Nursery School, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Georgina Ardalan / J.O. Wilson Elementary School, Washington, DC
Megina Baker, Voices Executive Editor / Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
Cindy Ballenger / Tufts University, Medford, MA
Lawrence Balter / New York University, New York, NY
Holland Banse / University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Nancy Barbour / James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Bonnie Blagojevic / Morningtown Consulting, Orono, ME
Meghan Block / Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
Megan Blumenreich / The City College of New York, New York, NY
Amanda Branscombe, Voices Executive Editor / Athens State University, Athens, AL
Lorraine Breffni / Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pam Brillante / William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Samuel Broaden / Honoring Childhood, Portland, OR
Robyn Brookshire, Voices Executive Editor / University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Amber Brown / University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX
Kutasha Bryan-Silva / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Jennifer Buchter / Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Cheryl Bulat / Morton College, Cicero, IL
Karen Burger Cairone / Education Development Center, Inc., Learning and Teaching Division, Newtown, PA
Lisa Castillo / South Salem Elementary School, Port Washington, NY
Kathryn Castle / Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Lori Caudle / Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Jolene Charbeneau / Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Eun Kyeong Cho / University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Dong Hwa Choi / Park University, Parkville, MO
Sherry Cleary / The City University of New York; New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, New York, NY
Kiyomi Sánchez-Suzuki Colegrove / Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Christan Coogle / George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Patricia Cooper / Queens College - CUNY, Long Island City, NY
Tanya Cordoba / Anderson University, Anderson, SC
Jennifer Corkern / Martin County School District, Stuart, FL
Shelly Counsell / University of Memphis, TN
Jennifer Crandell / WestEd, Scituate, MA
Mary Cronin / Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, MA
Jerlean Daniel / Early Childhood Consultant
Becky DelVecchio / University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Michelle Dent / Educational Consultant, Connecticut
Maleka Donaldson, Voices Executive Editor / Smith College, Northampton, MA
Emily Dorsey / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Dede Dunst / Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC
Angela Eckhoff / Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Angela Elkins / Red Barn Cooperative Nursery School, Weston, MA
Nagwa Elsamra / Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, North Brunswick, NJ
Andrea Emerson / Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Alexandra Figueras-Daniel / Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Jeanne Galbraith / State University of New York, Geneseo, NY
Mary Garguile / Olympic College, Bremerton, WA
Kathryn Gentry / Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
Keri Giordano / Kean University, Union, NJ
Lisa Goddard, Voices Executive Editor / University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Anna Golden / Sabot School, Richmond, VA
Ron Grady, Voices Executive Editor / Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Beth Graue / University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Ashley Y. Grays / University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Kathleen Harris / Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Dorian Harrison / Ohio State University, Newark, OH
Holly Hatton-Bowers / University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Barbara Henderson, Voices co-editor / San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Jayme Hines / St. Bonaventure University, NY
Emily Brown Hoffman / National Louis University, Chicago, IL
Sara Hooks / Towson University, Towson, MD
Tamar Jacobson / Rider University, Philadelphia, PA
Rebecca Roji John / Old Dominion University, Chesapeake, VA
Courteney Johnson / Fordham University, New York, NY
Renata Love Jones / Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Candace Joswick / University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Kristen Kemple / University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Jinhee Kim / Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Tara Kirton / Hunter College - CUNY, New York, NY
Anita Kumar / William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Hannah Kye / Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Joohi Lee / University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Sunmin Lee / Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Melanie Loewenstein / Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
Lynn Lubecki / Empire State University, Rochester, NY
Julia Luckenbill / Davis Joint Unified School District, Davis, CA
Christine Lux / Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Sue Mankiw / William Paterson University, Vernon, NJ
Bernice Mayfield / Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA
Kelly McCormick / University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Candice McKinnon / California State University–Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Lauren Meade / Solon City Schools, Solon, OH
Hannah Mills Mechler / University of North Texas at Dallas, Fort Worth, TX
Martha Melgoza / Consultant and Without Walls Learning Cooperative, Richmond, CA
Amanda Messer / Lincoln County School System, Stanford, KY
Lori Erbrederis Meyer / University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Gayle Mindes / DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Mary Jane Moran / University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
William Mosier / Istanbul University, Dayton, OH
Leah Muccio / University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Meir Muller / University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Carrie Nepstad / Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
Jodi Nerren / Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Rebecca S. New / University of North Carolina, Chapell Hill, NC
Neal Nghia Nguyen / Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Katherine Norris / Howard University, Washington, DC
Kaitlin Northey / University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Monica O'Gara / Independent early childhood specialist, Woodbine, MD
Conrad Oh-Young / California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
Zazai Owens / Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Laura Paciorek / Teapot Innovations LLC, Glendale, CO
Soojin Park / University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Cheryl Paul / Henry Barnard School, North Attleboro, MA
Melody Passemante Powell / Fairfax County Government, Fairfax, VA
Margaret Quinn / University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Nanci Red Bird / University of Montana Western, Dillon, MT
Laurie Lee Richter / University of New Orleans, Metairie, LA
Gail Ritchie / Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, VA
Faith Rogow / Insighters Education, Ithaca, NY
Rebecca Rohloff / Augusta University, Augusta, GA
Mollie Romano / Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Deborah Rooks-Ellis / Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
Dawn Rouse / Vermont Department for Children and Families, Waterbury, VT
Angela K. Salmon / Florida International University, Miami, FL
Katie Schrodt / Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Isabella Sebastiani / Bates Technical College, Tacoma, WA
Danielle Savory Seggerson / Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI
Holly Seplocha / William Paterson University, Westfield, NJ
Karrie Snider / University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Christine Snyder / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Jamie Solomon, Voices Executive Editor / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Susan Stacey / Pedagogical consultant, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Robyn Stone / Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, CA
Stephanie Strachan / Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Gabrielle Strasfogel-Ryklin / Preschool of the Arts, New York, NY
Megan Strella / Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville, PA
Andrew J. Stremmel, Voices Executive Editor / South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Stacia Stribling / George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Toni Sturdivant / Mid America Regional Council, Kansas City, MO
Patricia Sullivan / San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Wenyang Sun / University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
John Sutterby / University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Rebecca Swartz / Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
Linda Taylor / Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Kaile Thomas / The Little School, San Francisco, CA
Josh Thompson / Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
Kimberly Thornhill / University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Mary Trepanier-Street / University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI
Anne Valauri / Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA
Luvy Vanegas-Grimaud / University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Allison N. VanLoon / Acorn Academy, New Brighton, MN
Christopher J. Wagner / Queens College, City University of New York, Queens, NY
Nathaniel U. Weber / Russian Hill School, San Francisco, CA
Annie White / California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Nicole Willard / Windmill School Laurel Education Center, Portola Valley, CA
Alyson Williams / Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, Richmond, VA
Ashley Williams / Jumpstart for Young Children, Berkeley, CA
Crystal Wise / University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
Hillary Wolfe / School of Language Development, Fontana Unified School District, Fontana, CA
Anna Wright / The Stanley School, Chattanooga, TN
Brian Wright / University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Hsiu-Wen Yang / Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Chapel Hill, NC
Fanica Young / University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Jennifer Zosh / Pennsylvania State University, Media, PA

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