Sonia Nieto Explained

Birth Date:	September 25, 1943
Discipline:	Professor Emerita in Language, Literacy, and Culture

Sonia Nieto is a Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy and Culture at the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she focuses on the field of multiculturalism. She has won several awards in her field, including the 1997 Multicultural Educator of the Year award from the National Association for Multicultural Education, the 2005 Educator of the Year Award from the National Council of Teachers of English,^[1] and honorary doctorates from Lesley University (1999), Bridgewater State College (2004), and DePaul University (2007).^[2]

Nieto was raised and attended public school in Brooklyn, New York.^[3] She later attended St. Johns University, where she received her B.S. in Elementary Education. Later, she studied in Madrid, receiving her M.A. in Spanish and Hispanic Literature. In the following years she taught in Brooklyn and the Bronx until moving to Massachusetts and receiving her doctorate in curriculum studies with concentrations in multicultural and bilingual education, from the University of Massachusetts in 1979.^[4] In May 2017, Nieto delivered the commencement address for the Graduate School of Education at St. John's University in New York City.

Works

• Book: Nieto, Sonia . 2018 . Language, Culture, and Teaching: Critical Perspectives for a New Century . 3rd . New York . Routledge . 9781315465685 . 945948341. A compilation of previously published journal articles and book chapters.
• Book: Nieto . Sonia . 2 . Bode . Patty . 2012 . Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education . 6th . Boston . Pearson Education, Inc . 9780131367340 . 704907645.
• Book: Nieto, Sonia . 2 . 2010 . The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities . Tenth anniversary . New York . Teachers College Press . 9780807750544 . 965457387.
• Book: Nieto, Sonia . 2 . 2002 . What Keeps Teachers Going? . New York . Teachers College Press . 9780807743126 . 471662211.

As editor

• Book: Nieto . Sonia . 2010 . Language, Culture, and Teaching: Critical Perspectives . 2nd . New York . Routledge . 9780415999687 . 277196027.
• Book: Nieto . Sonia . 2005 . Why We Teach Now . New York . Teachers College Press . 9780807755877 . 898092719.
• Book: Nieto . Sonia . 2000 . Puerto Rican Students in U.S. Schools . Mahwah, N.J. . Lawrence Erlbaum Associates . 9780805827651 . 710022856.

References

1. Web site: Sonia Nieto to Focus on Why Teachers Stayâ€"in Spite of Everythingâ€"at 2008 Spring Meeting - 2008 Spring Meeting - National Writing Project . 2023-09-15 . archive.nwp.org.
2. http://people.umass.edu/snieto/aboutsonia.html Univ. of Massachusetts website
3. Web site: Staff . Kappan . 2020-04-27 . Why we teach: A conversation with Sonia Nieto . 2024-05-29 . Kappan Online . en-US.
4. http://www.sonianieto.com Personal website

Sources

• Web site: About Sonia Nieto . https://web.archive.org/web/20090310085510/http://www.whyweteach.com/about-sonia-nieto.php . 10 March 2009 . Why We Teach . 17 April 2018 . dead .