John Nimmo

Professor, Portland State University, Oregon

John Nimmo is a professor of Early Childhood Inclusive Education at Portland State University, Oregon. From 2003 to 2013, he was executive director of the Child Study and Development Center and an associate professor of Family Studies at the University of New Hampshire. In addition to presenting nationally and internationally for 40 years, he has been a visiting scholar at universities in Ghana and Australia. Formerly, he was core faculty at Pacific Oaks College Northwest in Seattle. John’s co-authored books include Emergent Curriculum (with Elizabeth Jones) and Loris Malaguzzi and the Teachers (with Carolyn Edwards and Lella Gandini), as well as many chapters and articles. John’s films include The Voices of Children and Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education: The Early Years (with Debbie LeeKeenan). He holds a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was previously an early childhood and elementary teacher in his first home of Australia and in the United States.