National Multicultural Education Expert Opens Discussion on Campus, in High School
As part of its Sizemore Urban Education Initiative, the School of Education will host nationally known multicultural educator Dr. Sonia Nieto when she visits Pittsburgh Thursday, Oct. 18, and Friday, Oct. 19.
Nieto, a professor of education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and recognized expert in teacher preparation and multicultural education, will engage with faculty, staff and students on Thursday, Oct. 18, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Room 108 of Canevin Hall.
Nieto has received many honors for her work in advocacy and activism, including the 2008 Social Justice Education Award from the American Educational Research Association and the 1997 Multicultural Educator of the Year Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education.
While the event is free to the campus community, RSVPs are requested by Monday, Oct. 15, by contacting Melissa Price at 412.396.1852.
Nieto, author of What Keeps Teachers Going and editor of Why We Teach, also will talk to Heinz Fellows and students in the Leading Teacher Program in Urban Education Cohort.
On Friday, Oct. 19, Nieto will visit with 11th- and 12th-graders at Brashear High School involved in Duquesne’s Sizemore Pipeline program, which provides high school students with access to School of Education faculty members and speakers as they themselves consider the possibility of teaching careers.