Richard A. Couto

Richard Anthony Couto (December 31, 1941 – February 25, 2017) was a teacher, history professor and author as well as a proponent of service learning.[1]

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.[2]

The Tobias Leadership Center at Indiana University interviewed Couto in 2016.[3]

He became a father by marriage and had a daughter with his wife Patricia.

He received several fellowships and awards for his work.[4]

Writings
  • Poverty, Politics, and Health Care; The Experience of One Appalachian County University of Kentucky (1973)[5]
  • "Failing Health and New Prescriptions; Community-based Approaches to Environmental Health Risks" (1984)[6]
  • "Participatory Research: Methodology and Critique" (1987)
  • Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round; The Pursuit of Racial Justice in the Rural South Temple University Press (1991)[7]
  • "Beyond Distress; New Measures of Economic Need in Appalachia" (1992)[8]
  • Lifting the Veil; A Political History of Struggles for Emancipation University of Tennessee Press (1993)[9]
  • Making Democracy Work Better; Mediating Structures, Social Capital, and the Democratic Prospect with Catherine S. Guthrie (1999)[10]
  • An American Challenge: A Report on Economic Trends and Social Issues in Appalachia Kendall Hunt Pub Co. (1994)[11]
  • To Give Their Gifts: Health, Community, and Democracy Vanderbilt University Press (2002) with Stephanie C. Eken[12]
  • Reflections on Leadership, editor, University Press Of America (2007)
  • Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference Handbook (2010)[13]

References
  1. "Richard Couto Obituary - Mechanicsville, VA". Dignity Memorial.
  2. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/mechanicsville-va/richard-couto-7311857
  3. "Richard Couto Oral History Interview: Audio & Transcripts: Oral History: Research: Tobias Leadership Center: Indiana University". Tobias Leadership Center.
  4. "Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree: Richard Couto". www.ila-net.org.
  5. Couto, Richard A. (1973). "Poverty, Politics, and Health Care: The Experience of One Appalachian County".
  6. Couto, Richard A. (1984). "Failing Health and New Prescriptions: Community-based Approaches to Environmental Health Risks".
  7. Couto, Richard A. (August 1992). Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round: The Pursuit of Racial Justice in the Rural South. ISBN 9781566390040.
  8. Couto, Richard A. (1992). "Beyond Distress: New Measures of Economic Need in Appalachia".
  9. Couto, Richard A. (1993). Lifting the Veil: A Political History of Struggles for Emancipation. ISBN 9780870498084.
  10. "Making Democracy Work Better | Richard A. Couto". University of North Carolina Press.
  11. Mencken, F. Carson (1996). "Reviewed work: An American Challenge: A Report on Economic Trends and Social Issues in Appalachia, Richard A. Couto". Appalachian Journal. 23 (3): 333–337. JSTOR 40933779.
  12. Couto, Richard A.; Eken, Stephanie C. (2002). To Give Their Gifts: Health, Community, and Democracy. ISBN 9780826514110.
  13. For a review of this book, see (2010) 25 Reference and Research Book News (No 4) ProQuest
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