Pennsylvania State Education Association
Eric Elliott started their work experience in 1991 as a part-time instructor at North Carolina State University and Durham Technical Community College. In 1993, they became a part-time instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1995, they served as a summer intern at the Center for Community Self-Help and later that year, they became the Assistant Director of Research at the Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Eric Elliott received their Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Eastern Illinois University from 1976 to 1979. Eric then pursued a Master's Degree in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin, where they studied from 1979 to 1982. Eric continued their education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where they obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Public Policy Analysis from 1987 to 1999.
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA represents the labor, policy, and professional interests of 178,000 public school teachers and education support professionals, staff in state higher education institutions, nurses in health care facilities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. PSEA bargains compensation and benefits for members, protects their rights, and advocates for their professions. We are a strong voice for public education and working families in Pennsylvania. PSEA members share a common purpose, vision, values and goals. We advocate for public education, children, and our members’ professions, whether they are teachers, maintenance employees, nurses, retirees, custodians, secretaries, classroom aides, school psychologists or librarians. Members are PSEA. Members form a strong community of dedicated, caring professionals who support each other at the bargaining table, in the work place and in our communities. Members decide PSEA policy and direction.