Associate Professor
Child Development and Family Relations
College of Human Ecology
East Carolina University
Rivers RW 127
Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353
252-328-5451
jewkesa@ecu.edu

Education:
Ph.D. - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (Early Childhood Education)
Ed.M. - Harvard Graduate School of Education (Language and Literacy)
B.S. - Boston University (Health Studies)
North Carolina Birth through Kindergarten License


Research Interests:
Reflective teaching in early childhood educators
Effects of preschool and obesity on young children's development
History of early childhood education and current policies