Bryan
G.
Nelson
has
worked
with
young
children,
men,
fathers
and
families since the 1980s.
He is founding director of MenTeach.org and serves
as faculty at Metropolitan State University
in Minnesota.
He is also a co-facilitator of the World
Forum’s Men in Early Childhood Education program.
Bryan has appeared on the Canadian
Broadcast Corporation, ABC Good Morning America, BBC,
Today Show,
CNN, NBC Nightly News, TV3 New Zealand, PBS - A Place of
Our Own and is quoted in print and online national media.
He has written extensively and often presents about men in
the lives of children both nationally and internationally.
He has received various awards including a Leadership
Fellowship to attend graduate school at
Harvard University to research men, fathers and children.
Podcast about history of
MenTeach
Palm, G., Hennon, C., & Nelson,
B. (2015).
Fathering, Schools, and Schooling: What Fathers Contribute and
Why It Is Important.
In Home and School Relations: Teachers and Parents Working
Together, (5th Edition). London, UK. Pearson. (To be
re-published 2016)
Nelson,
Bryan G. (2012) Männer in der Elementarpädagogik in
Nordamerika.
In Männer in Kitas. Koordinationsstelle „Männer in Kitas“
(Hrsg.).
Germany: Seiten.
Men in
Teaching: Gender Equality through the Promise of Gender
Balance - Young
Children (September 2011)
Men and Teaching:
Good Intentions and Productive Tensions - Journal of Men's Studies (Spring
2011)
Alumni Interview - Metropolitan State University BUZZ (Fall 2010)
Men in Your Teacher
Preparation Program: Five Strategies to Recruit and Retain
Them - Young Children
(May 2010)
Forward - Perspectives on Gender in Early
Childhood
Active Adult Play: Improving
Children's Health & Behavior While Having Fun - Child Care Exchange
The
Status of Male Teachers in Public Education Today - Center for Evaluation &
Public Policy
Where
Are the Men? - Principal
Magazine (May - June 2006)
Reducing
Aggression with Touch - Dimensions
of Early Childhood
Men Teaching and Working with
Children: A History and a Future - Why Fathers Count
Myths about men
teaching - Child Care
Exchange
Men in Education - An Update - NAEYC Young Children
Men's Retreat -
NAEYC Young Children
Importance of Dad's in Children's Lives - PBS television - A Place of Our Own