Editorial Team

Journal Leadership

Editor-in-Chief: Heather McCullough, Ph.D., Director, Learning Technology and Open Education, University of North Carolina System

Managing Editor: Jeremiah E. Shipp, Ed.D., Senior Faculty Development Specialist, Winston-Salem State University

2025 Conference Committee

Conference Co-Chair: Eli Collins-Brown, Ed.D., Western Carolina University
Conference Co-Chair: Bethany Smith, M.S., North Carolina State University 

  • Ashley Adams, M.S., University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Bryan Doppel, M.Ed., Appalachian State University
  • Kym Jefferson, M.S., East Carolina University
  • Tim Madden, Ph.D., East Carolina University
  • Jeff McAdams, MLS, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
  • Jenn Scoggins, M.Ed., North Carolina State University
  • Ginny Sconiers, M.A., East Carolina University
  • Nurhak Tuncer-Bayramli, M.A., M.LIS., Elizabeth City State University
  • Carla Wilson, M.A., M.S., University of North Carolina Greensboro 

2024 Editorial Team

Editorial Board (Special Issue on Generative AI)

  • Marjan Assefi, Ph.D., Instructor, College of Health and Human Services, North Carolina A&T University
  • Eli Collins-Brown, Ph.D., Director, Coulter Faculty Commons, Western Carolina University
  • Jeremy Dickerson, Ed.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Distance Education, University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Bonnie Grohe, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Director of Faculty Development and Online Education, Fayetteville State University
  • Brenda Mann Hammack, Ph.D., Professor of English, Fayetteville State University
  • Jules Keith-Le, Ed.D., Faculty Development Specialist, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Rachel Levy, Ph.D., Professor, Executive Director of NC State’s Data Science Academy, North Carolina State University
  • Todd Nicolet, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Digital and Lifelong Learning, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  • Erezi Ogbo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Director of Online and Extended Studies School of Library and Information Science, North Carolina Central University
  • Donna T. Petherbridge, Ed.D., Vice Provost for Digital Education and Leanring Technology Applications, North Carolina State University
  • Bethany V. Smith, M.S., Associate Director of Instructional Technology Training, North Carolina State University
  • Tracy Vargas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of North Carolina Pembroke
  • Jonathan Wade, Ph.D., Senior Educational Technologist, Western Carolina University
  • Jessica L. White, Ph.D., DELTA Lead Instructional Designer, North Carolina State University

Editorial Assistants: Taliyah D. Daniels, Presidential Scholar, UNC System Office, and Sam C. Robinson, Presidential Scholar, UNC System Office

2023 Editorial Team

Editorial Assistant: Patience Jones, Presidential Scholar, UNC System Office

Editorial Board (Symposium Planning Committee)

  • Racheal Brooks, Ph.D., Director, Office of e-Learning, North Carolina Central University
  • Eli Collins-Brown, Ph.D., Director, Coulter Faculty Commons, Western Carolina University
  • Wendy Creasy, Ph.D., Director, Digital Learning & Emerging Technology Initiatives, East Carolina University
  • Sarah Falls, M.S., University Librarian, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
  • Bart Ganzert, Ed.D., Senior Faculty Development Specialist, Winston-Salem State University
  • Kym Jefferson, M.S., Educational Technologist, East Carolina University
  • Jules Keith-Le, Ed.D., Director, Instructional Support and Training, Faculty Development Specialist, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Bethany Smith, M.S., Director, Instructional Support and Training, North Carolina State University