Name: Nancy Schniedewind
Title: Professor, Educational Studies; Coordinator, Humanistic/Multicultural Education Program
Academic Rank: Professor
Department: Educational Studies and Leadership
Expertise Keywords: Multicultural Education; Democratic, Public Education as the Alternative to Corporate-Driven Policies; Conflict Resolution/Safe Schools; Cooperatively-structured Learning; Socio-economic Class Inequality in Schools; Teacher Education
Available For: interviews, essays, speaking
Expertise: Author, "Open Minds to Equality" and numerous articles and book chapters on educating diverse learners. "Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush of Public Education" co-editor with Mara Sapon-Shevin. Professional development presenter in diversity education and conflict resolution programs
Currrent Research: Development of multicultural and inclusive classrooms and schools
Professional development in diversity education - The long term effects on teachers' practice
Impacts of Standardizing and Privatizing Approaches to Education and their Alternatives.
Contact Information
Office Phone: 845-257-2827
Other Information
Positions held prior to joining SUNY New Paltz:
Professor, St. Marys State College of Maryland
Teacher, Philadelphia Public Schools
Education
| Colleges/ Universities Attended |
Dates Attended |
Degree Conferred |
Year Conferred |
Major Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | 1968-1970 | MAT | 1970 | Social Studies Education |
| University of Massachusetts | 1973-1975 | ED | 1975 | Teacher Education |
| Smith College | 1964-1968 | BA | 1968 | History |
Awards/Grants/Honors
Chancellors Award for Excellence in University Teaching
Other professional activities
Consultant to many public and private schools with a focus on:
- teaching diverse learners and creating multicultural, socially-just classrooms and schools
- addressing socio-economic class inequality in classrooms and schools
- cooperatively structured learning
Organizational Memberships
National Association for Multicultural Education
American Educational Research Association
International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education
Publications
book "Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush of Public Education" with Mara Sapon-Shevin, 2012, Beacon Press.
book: "Women Images and Realities: A Multicultural Anthology", 4th ed., 2012 with Suzanne Kelly and Gowri Parameswaran, McGraw Hill
book: "Open Minds to Equality", 3rd edition, with Ellen Davidson, Rethinking Schools, 2006
