Past Directors
Richard Navarro
Richard Navarro was an associate professor of Education and Anthropology and Founding Director of JSRI from 1989-1993. Dr. Navarro was also Interim Co-Director of the Mexico-United States Consortium for Academic Cooperation and chaired the Board of Directors of the Midwest Consortium for Latino Research. He holds a Ph.D. in International Development Education and an M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University. He earned a Master's degree in Educational Policy and Planning from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Humanities from the New College of California. Dr. Navarro coordinated a teacher education program and a project to internationalize the undergraduate curriculum. His research focuses on educational equity and policy issues. He has served as a consultant in Mexico, China, the Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, and the Republic of Maldives.