Lucy's Book Club Panel Members

Panel Chair Jennifer Reid

Jennifer teaches in our Early Intervention Program's kindergarten classroom and is a Certified Psychoanalytic Educator (CPE) by the Alliance for Psychoanalytic Schools. She has been an early childhood teacher since 2001 and has taught at The Lucy Daniels Center since 2005. Jenn has a B. A. in art history and German from the University of Maryland and an M.A.in early childhood and elementary education from New York University. She also has an early childhood teacher credential from the American Montessori Society. Prior to joining The Lucy Daniels Center she taught children ages 3-6 in New York City.

 

Sharon Miller

Sharon has been teaching in our Child Enrichment Program classroom since 2007. She received a B.S. degree in human development and learning from East Tennessee State University. She has 12 years of teaching experience with children ages 3-5.

 

 

Jennifer Murphy

Jennifer teaches in our Early Intervention Program's preschool classroom. She has a B. S. in social work from Frostburg State University. Prior to teaching, she worked with children and families in a residential treatment center. Jennifer also has experience as a licensed social worker and clinical case manager in a therapeutic treatment program for children in foster care. She has been an early childhood teacher since 2005 and joined the Early Intervention Program at the Lucy Daniels Center in 2007.

 

 Lucy Fox, L.C.S.W.                     

Lucy joined the LDC in November 2009.  She has advanced training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in addition to her training as a social worker. She graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts with a degree in adolescent psychology and later earned her masters degree from Smith College School for Social Work. Ms. Fox has also completed a number of certificate programs with the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas. She was first trained in non-directive play therapy at the Dallas Child Guidance Center in 1996 and has been grateful to work primarily with children ever since.

 

Bridget Daniel

Bridget is the Youth Services Department Manager at the West Regional Library in Cary, NC. Her public library career began in 1979 with the Wake County Public Library system. She has worked directly with children in public libraries of Wake County since 1985: 10 years at Cameron Village Regional Library, then 10 years at the Eva Perry Regional Library, and most recently at the West Regional Library. Bridget's experiences include programming for children of all ages, providing reader's advisory and reference assistance to customers of all ages, and selecting youth titles for purchase.

                          Debbie Gilbert

Debbie is a Youth Services librarian at the West Regional Library in Cary. She presents preschool storytimes as well as book clubs and special programs for school-age children. She is actively involved in community outreach with local schools and serves on the board of the North Carolina Library Association Youth Services Section. Prior to this position, she worked as a children’s librarian at the Harrison Public Library in New York and as a toddler/preschool teacher at Little Angels Day Care Center in Rye, New York. Debbie received a B.S. in Elementary Education from Pace University and Masters of Library Science from Long Island University.

Lucy's Book Club Panel Advisors

Donald Rosenblitt, M.D.

Dr. Rosenblitt is a child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and is the founding and current clinical and executive director of the Lucy Daniels Center. He completed his medical training and residencies in adult and child psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, and is a graduate of the Psychoanalytic Institute of the Carolinas where he currently serves as a board member. He is a national leader in a number of organizations concerned with the mental health of children and has published and presented locally and nationally on topics related to child development and early intervention.

 

Joyce Watkins King, C.F.R.E.

Joyce joined the staff of the Lucy Daniels Center in January 2007. She has more than 25 years of experience in development, marketing, and communications in the university, for-profit, and non-profit arenas. Her B.A. degree from NC State University is in product design/visual design and she has an MBA degree, also from NC State. She also holds the Certified Professional Fundraiser (CFRE) c ertification. Prior to joining the Lucy Daniels Center staff she was director of development and communications for Habitat for Humanity of Wake County.

 

 

Deborah Mugno, Ed.D.

Debbie has over 22 years experience in the fields of early childhood and early intervention. She holds a B. S. in special education from the University of Maryland, and both an M. S. in education/reading and an Ed. D. in special education/leadership from Johns Hopkins University. She spent several years as an early intervention specialist and administrator in Maryland, has taught early childhood classes at several community colleges in North Carolina as well as at Meredith College, has an extensive background in early intervention research, and speaks frequently at both state and national early childhood conferences. Debbie was the Education Director at the Lucy Daniels Center from 1996 through 2003.