Dr. Andrea Neves, Professor
Department of Literacy Studies and Elementary Education

Stevenson 3096 E
707.664.2705 tel
707.664.2483 fax
andrea.neves@sonoma.edu

 

Professional Memberships:

American Educational Research Association
American Anthropological Association
Council for Anthropology in Education
Association of Teacher Educators
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Phi Delta Kappa

Publications, Grants, Research:

"Cultural Transmission in Tanzanian Schools: Multi-cultural Realism or Post-colonial Accommodation" (Upcoming) 2003.

"The Relationship of Talk and Status to the Second Language Acquisition of Young Children", Chapter in text Working For Equity In Heterogeneous Classrooms: Sociological Theory in Practice Cohen and Lotan Editors. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 1997.

"Preservice Teacher As Researcher: A research context for change in the heterogeneous classroom" Action in Teacher Education, Winter 1995, Vol. XVI, No. 4 The Journal of the Association of Teacher Educators

Awards and Honors:

Fullbright-Hays Research Fellowship to Tanzania, Africa. Summer 1997

Fullbright-Hays Research Fellowship to Uganda, Africa. Summer 2002

Education and Degrees:

STANFORD UNIVERSITY Ph.D. in Education (1983 Areas : Curriculum and Teacher Education. Language Acquisition (First and Second), Language Minority Education. Multicultural Education.

SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY M.A. in Early Childhood Education and Social Sciences /Cultural Anthropology (1972). Member of Mexican American Education Project.

UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS (Mexico City) B.A. in Latin American Studies/International Relations (1967) Areas : Spanish, Latin American Culture.