Current Activities:
Maria Navarro is an instructor in the Department.
She is involved with the undergraduate and graduate programs in international agriculture and agricultural leadership, and is working in various projects dealing with the revitalization and internationalization of the agricultural curriculum.

Currently, she teaches the following courses:
ALDR (AFST) 5700/7700
International Agricultural Development;
AESC 3150 Topics in International Agriculture;
AESC 4960 Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Research Focus:
• International cooperation and agricultural development: Education, communication, and extension issues affecting agricultural and human development in different areas of the world;
• Curriculum in higher education: Specifically, research studying the factors affecting the revitalization and internationalization of the agricultural curriculum.

Career highlights:
• 1999-present: Instructor, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, University of Georgia;
• 1997-1999: Teaching and Research Assistant, Texas A&M University;
• 1991-1997: Coordinator, Plant Production Area, International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM - IAMZ). The Center focuses on international agricultural education, development, research, and networking activities.

Education:
• Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
2004 Ph.D., Agricultural Education;
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Lleida, Spain
1992 Agronomy Engineering (Specialist in Plant Production);
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
1989 Agricultural Technical Engineering.

Contact Dr. Navarro at:
105 Four Towers
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-4355

Telephone: 706/583-0225
Fax: 706/542-0262
E-mail: mnavarro@uga.edu