6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel Masters Hall Sponsored by: Language and Literacy Education, Department of Contact: Michelle Falter Language and Literacy Education Graduate Organization President "Finding Joy in Diverse Backgrounds: The Role of the University" Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.This talk will focus on her current research and will broach broader issues of accepting and embracing diversity within society.Immediately following the lecture, there will be a a Meet-and-Greet Reception with Dr. Nieto in the Magnolia Ballroom. Space is limited and requires a reservation at http://nietoreception.eventbrite.com/   Tickets from the reservation site must be presented for admission to the reception.Nieto is an educator, researcher, writer, and teacher, She is currently Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught students from elementary school through doctoral studies and her research focuses on multicultural education, teacher education, and the education of Latinos, immigrants, and other students of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. She has written many journal articles and book chapters and several books on these topics including most recently Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education (6th ed, 2012, with Patty Bode), The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities (2nd edition, 2010), and Language, Culture, and Teaching: Critical Perspectives (2nd ed, 2010). She serves on several regional and national advisory boards that focus on educational equity and social justice, and she has received many awards for her scholarship, teaching, and advocacy, including four honorary doctorates. She was selected as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and as a Laureate for Kappa Delta Pi in 2011, and in 2012 she served as the Wits-Claude Distinguished Scholar at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.This event is co-sponsored by Language and Literacy Graduate Organization in conjunction with the Language and Literacy Education Department, the Center for Latino Success in Education and The International Association of Reading Graduate Students (IARGS).News release: http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/expert-in-multiculturalism-sonia-nieto-to-speak-at-uga-on-feb-19-20/