Joe L. Frost, Ed.D., is Parker Centennial Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin. For three decades he taught graduate and undergraduate courses and directed research on child development, early childhood education, children’s play, children’s play environments, and child safety. During this period he supervised fifty-two Ph.D. dissertations. He was president of the Association for Childhood Education International and president of the American Association for the Child’s Right to Play. He was selected Texas Teacher Educator of the Year by the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children in 1989. Prior to teaching at various universities, he taught elementary and junior high school students. His university teaching includes appointments at the University of Arkansas, Iowa State University, University of California at Davis, and the University of Florida.

Dr. Frost’s publication record includes author or editor of fifteen university-level textbooks and author of more than 100 articles and reports. He has been a consultant for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Air Force, and many cities, universities, schools, hospitals, agencies, and public park systems. He has lectured throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. During the past two decades, he has consulted or served as an expert witness in child injury and fatality litigation in more than thirty states. He is a member of the American Society for Testing and Materials and several professional organizations.