The Department of Puerto
Rican and Latino Studies ________________________________________________________

Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Equity Programs, M.E.D.o (Movimiento Estudiantial Dominicano) and P.R.A
(Puerto Rican Alliance)
Presents
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Affirming Diversity?
Multicultural Education in a
“Post-racial” Society
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Sonia Nieto is Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture, School of
Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New
York, she was educated in the New York City Public Schools. Dr. Nieto has taught
students at all levels from elementary through graduate school and she continues to
speak and write on multicultural education, teacher preparation, the education of
Latinos, and other culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. Her book
Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education (5th ed, 2008,
with co-author Patty Bode), is widely used in teacher preparation and inservice courses.
Other books include The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning
Communities (1999, 2010), Language, Culture, and Teaching (2002, 2010), What
Keeps Teachers Going?
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Tuesday November 29th, 2011
12:15pm to 2:00pm
Maroon Room • 6th Floor
Brooklyn College Student Center
Campus Road and East 27th Street

For info, contact Prof Antonio Nadal – 718.951.5561