Richard A. Couto
Richard Anthony Couto was a teacher, political science professor and author as well as a proponent of service learning.
Couto grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. from Marist College, an M.A. from Boston College and a Phd from the University of Kentucky.
The Tobias Leadership Center at Indiana University interviewed Couto in 2016.
He became a father by marriage and had a daughter with his wife Patricia.
He received several fellowships and awards for his work.
Writings
- Poverty, Politics, and Health Care; The Experience of One Appalachian County University of Kentucky
- "Failing Health and New Prescriptions; Community-based Approaches to Environmental Health Risks"
- "Participatory Research: Methodology and Critique"
- Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round; The Pursuit of Racial Justice in the Rural South Temple University Press
- "Beyond Distress; New Measures of Economic Need in Appalachia"
- Lifting the Veil; A Political History of Struggles for Emancipation University of Tennessee Press
- Making Democracy Work Better; Mediating Structures, Social Capital, and the Democratic Prospect with Catherine S. Guthrie
- An American Challenge: A Report on Economic Trends and Social Issues in Appalachia Kendall Hunt Pub Co.
- To Give Their Gifts: Health, Community, and Democracy Vanderbilt University Press with Stephanie C. Eken
- Reflections on Leadership, editor, University Press Of America
- ''Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference Handbook''