Teaching Activities:
Dr. Navarro is involved with the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication (ALEC), the Certificate of International Agriculture (Office of Global Programs), and collaborates with the Institutes of Latin American & the Caribbean Studies (LACSI), and the Institute of African Studies (ASI).

Currently, she teaches the following courses (some distance learning, some face-to-face):

• AESC 3150 Topics in International Agriculture;
• AGED 4370/6370 Agricultural Science for Teachers;
• ALDR(AFST)(LACS) 4710/6710 International Agricultural Development;
• ALDR 7070 Program Development for Agricultural Leaders;
• ALDR 7100 Directed Studies in Agricultural Leadership;
• ALDR 7110 Special Problems in Agricultural Leadership;
• FRES 1010 World Hunger and Extreme Poverty: How can you make a difference?
• HONS 1990H Reflections on Fighting Hunger.

She also advises Sigma Alpha, a professional agricultural sorority for the advancement of women in agriculture, and CARE-UGA, a student organization focusing in the elimination of worldwide extreme hunger and poverty.

Research Focus:
• Issues in Higher Education: Student learning and curriculum change (e.g., factors affecting and strategies for the transformation to a more global, socially conscious, and effective curriculum);
• International cooperation and agricultural development: Education, communication, and extension issues affecting agricultural and human development in different areas of the world.

Career highlights:
• 2005 - Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication, University of Georgia (ALEC-UGA);
• 2006: Received Sigma Alpha National Advisor of the Year Award;
• 2006: Received the Outstanding Early Achievement Award of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE). Dr. Navarro is also Associate Editor of the organization's journal, the Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education (JIAEE) (2005-present);
• 2004: Internship, Peace Programs, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia;
• 1999-2004: Part-time Instructor, ALEC-UGA;
• 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
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