Elaine Olafson Henry is the Editor and Publisher of the international ceramics journals Ceramics: Art & Perception and Ceramics TECHNICAL. She earned a BFA from the University of Wyoming and an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She taught at Emporia State University from 1996–2007 where she served as the Chair of the Department of Art from 2000 – 2007. Henry served as the President of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) from 2002 to 2004. She is currently a Fellow of that group. Her work is internationally published, exhibited and collected. She is an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics.