Deborah
DebbieLeeKeenanisanactiveearlychildhoodconsultantandlecturer.ShewasdirectoroftheEliot-PearsonChildren’sSchoolatTuftsUniversityfrom1996to2013.InadditiontoteachingintheEliot-PearsonDepartmentofChildStudyandHumanDevelopmentatTuftsUniversityinMedford,Massachusetts,shehasbeenamemberoftheearlychildhoodfacultyatLesleyUniversityinCambridge,MassachusettsandtheUniversityofMassachusettsinAmherst.Sheconsultswidely,locally,nationallyandinternationally.Herpublicationsincludeco-authorofLeadingAnti-biasEarlyChildhoodPrograms:AGuideforChangewithLouiseDerman-SparksandJohnNimmo,aswellaschaptersandarticlesinYoungChildren,VoicesofthePractitioner,TheoryintoPractice,thefirsteditionofTheHundredLanguagesofChildren,andProactiveParenting:GuidingYourChildfromTwotoSix.SheholdsaMaster’sDegreeinEducationfromtheUniversityofNewMexico.Herareasofexpertiseincludeanti-biaseducation,earlychildhoodeducation,teacherpreparation,inclusivespecialeducation,curriculumdevelopment,projectbasedlearning,teacherinquiry,familyengagemen