Munro Richardson is Editor at UnconstrainedKids.com, an online publication where he writes about and shares insights from academic research on skills and skill building. Munro is a self-avowed data geek and a research nerd. He claims to read academic papers like other people read fiction.
Munro has worked in the social sector for over 20 years. His day job is leading an early literacy initiative in Charlotte, North Carolina. A good part of this work involves making high-quality academic research accessible and actionable by people who run programs and teach kids to read. Munro began his career on Capitol Hill where he worked for two United States senators. He worked at two foundations in Kansas City, where he held progressively demanding leadership roles.
Munro holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honors, master’s degrees from both Harvard University (where he was a Mellon Fellow) and Oxford University (where he was a Rhodes Scholar), and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He is co-author with Samantha Cleaver of Read With Me: Engaging Your Young Child in Active Reading, published by Rowman & Littlefield in November 2018.
Munro is married to his high school sweetheart, Teresa, and has three daughters.