Cecilia Winters (1952–2017) was a tireless editor for the Forum for Social Economics during the five years, 2012–2017; always having positive and constructive comments on editorial matters; and always being trusted for timely suggestions and plans for improving the quality of papers and the editorial process.
She completed her Ph.D. at Fordham University in 1987 with a thesis on Foreign Capital Flows and Economic Growth in Mexico, plus a major in Heterodox Economics and International Development. The same year she commenced researching and teaching at Manhattanville College, a private coeducational liberal arts college offering undergraduate and graduate study, in Purchase, New York State, where she stayed for a quarter of a century. As a Professor of Economics she taught courses on, among others, international development, the global economy, and women in development.
In 2012, she became Professor Emerita as well as a Co-Editor of the Forum for Social Economics. I recruited Cecilia to the Forum since I had been impressed by her paper on the Caribbean for my four-volume International Encyclopedia of Public Policy. I was also cognizant of her presentations and papers, as well as chairing duties, at conferences of the Eastern Economics Association, the Western Social Sciences Association, and the Association for Social Economics at the ASSAs. And I was inspired by her publications in, for instance, the Journal of Economic Issues, the Journal of Human Development, the Journal of Development Studies and the Southwest Journal of Business and Economics.
I will remember Cecilia especially for her cheery smile and vitality; her always positive contributions to editorial discussions at the Forum; her editorial work for the special issue on the Minimum Wage; her excellent scholarship on issues relating to Latin America and the Caribbean; and her passion for social economics, especially relating to issues of social provisioning, equity, and justice. It was a great pleasure knowing you, Cecilia. You will be much missed at the Forum for Social Economics, as elsewhere. Speaking on behalf of the whole editorial team I wish to expresses our deepest appreciation for the life you instilled into the journal and the editorial process. Personally, you have enhanced my own life considerably and I will be thinking of you often!
Associate Editor, Forum for Social Economics
Global Political Economy Research Unit (GPERU), Perth, Australia
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