Rc Saravanabhavan (Howard University) was born and raised in the southern part of India and taught at colleges affiliated to Madras and Madurai Universities. Following this, Saravanabhavan taught at a college in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for eight and a half years. In 1988, Rc came to the United States and completed a masters and a doctoral degree in Educational Administration and Leadership at Northern Arizona University. Saravanabhavan served as a research associate and later as a faculty member at Northern Arizona for four years, during which time, Rc coauthored curricula in International, Comparative, Multicultural Education courses for graduate students.

As a researcher and trainer at the American Indian Research and Rehabilitation Training Center within this university, Saravanabhaven was fortunate to travel to several American Indian reservations across the country, conduct research and publish on disability and rehabilitation needs of this sub-population. Saravanabhaven's research expanded to individuals from other racial/ethnic groups at Howard University School of Education. Currently, Sara-vanabhaven serves as the Associate Dean at the Howard University School of Education and is an associate professor in the department of Educational Administration & Policy. Saravanabhaven is also the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Negro Education. Rc has been a member of the CIES since 1993 and served on the UREAG committee when it was first formed. Rc has participated as well as presented in annual and regional conferences since 1993.