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Richard
A. Navarro
Dean, College
of Education and Integrative Studies
California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona
Dr. Richard A. Navarro
is Dean of the College of Education
and Integrative Studies, (CEIS), California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona, appointed September 1, 1997. Since
joining Cal Poly Pomona, he has been engaged in strengthening and expanding
collaborative partnerships with local school districts; developing alternative
pathways into teaching; incorporating service learning into the undergraduate
curriculum; promoting teacher education as an all-university responsibility;
and expanding the College's capacity for delivering professional education
services, including greater utilization of technology and distance education.
In addition to his position
at Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Navarro is also actively involved in various organizations
relating to the educational arena. Currently, he serves as Chair of the California
Commission on Technology in Learning, (appointed by California Governor, Gray
Davis, in March 2000); Executive Committee and Board Member of the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS); Member, CSU Deans of Education,
Executive Committee; Vice Chair, Pomona Valley Educational Foundation; Co-Chair,
East San Gabriel Valley Education Consortium; Member, Los Angeles Annenberg
Metropolitan Project, DELTA Governing Board; Founding Member and Secretary-Treasurer,
Institute @ Indian Hill for Education Reform; Member, Ace Council of Fellows
Executive Committee; and Member, Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support
Consortium (INTASC), Higher Education Advisory Group.
Over the past two years,
Dr. Navarro has received a $1.5 million grant to establish and maintain CSU-High
School faculty-to-faculty alliances and learning assistance programs, and
a $40,000 grant to establish a CSU campus network to provide support and encourage
teachers to seek NBPTS certification through the CSU Chancellor's Office.
Prior to Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Navarro was founding director and senior faculty
associate of the Julian Samora Research Institute, as well as associate professor
in the Department of Teacher Education, College of Education, Michigan State
University (MSU). While a member of the teaching faculty at MSU, Dr. Navarro
was selected for the prestigious American Council on Education Fellows program
and served as special assistant to the Provost at Stanford University (1993-1994).
Dr. Navarro has also served as chairperson and executive director of the Midwest
Consortium for Latino Research, 1990-1993; co-director of the Mexico-United
States Consortium for Academic Cooperation, 1992-1995; and research associate,
National Center for Research on Teacher Education, MSU, 1986-1991.
He received his master's
degree from the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass.; and his doctorate in International Development Education and Anthropology,
Stanford University, Stanford, California.
