Debbie LeeKeenan, M.Ed, is Co-Director and Founder of Anti-Bias LeadersECE, lecturer, consultant and author. She has been in the field of early education for over 50 years. She is a former preschool, special education, and elementary school teacher. She was director of the Eliot-Pearson Children’s School at Tufts University from 1996 to 2013. She has been a member of the early childhood faculty at Tufts University, Lesley University and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Debbie is producer of the films, Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years, (2021) and Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values (2024). Her work has been published in numerous journals and books, including Young Children , Exchange and Theory into Practice. Her most recent co-authored books include: From Survive to Thrive: A Director’s Guide for Leading an Early Childhood Program and Leading Anti-bias Early Childhood Programs: A Guide to Change, for Change. Debbie is lead editor of an upcoming book: No Single Story: Amplifying the Voices of Asian American and Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Early Educators. Debbie is Chinese-American, the child of immigrant working-class parents and is part of a multi-racial family.
