John Nimmo is a professor of Early Childhood Education at Portland State University in Oregon. From 2003 to 2013 he was Executive Director of the Child Study and Development Center and Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of New Hampshire where he was recipient of the Social Justice Award and the Excellence through Diversity Award. His many publications Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs with Louise Derman-Sparks and Debbie LeeKeenan. He is also a former early childhood and elementary teacher in his first home of Australia and in the United States.