Dr. Winterbottom is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University. He earned his B.A. degree in English at the University of Bedfordshire in England, M.S. degree and Ph.D., in Early Childhood Education at the Florida State University. He has taught preschool and elementary children in Japan and worked with preschools and Head Start programs in Florida. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in child development and in social studies. His research is primarily on ethnic minority children and families in early education; both in the United States and in England, and working with pre-service teachers and children in Service-Learning.