Rodolfo David Torres
Emeritus Research Professor, Urban Planning and Public Policy
School of Social Ecology
School of Social Ecology
Ph.D. Administration, Planning and Social Policy, Claremont Graduate School, 1983
Email: rudolphd@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
226J Social Ecology 1
Mail Code: 7075
Irvine, CA 92697
226J Social Ecology 1
Mail Code: 7075
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Critical Urbanism, the State, Class Structures, Studies in Racism and Inequalities, and Poverty & Social Policy
Short Biography
Rodolfo D. Torres is Emeritus Research Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, where he also served as the founding director of the Latino Urban Theory Lab.
Publications
Among Professor Torres' books:
* New American Destinies (Routledge, 1997)
* Latino Social Movements (Routledge, 1999)
* Race, Identity , and Citizenship (Blackwell, 1999)
* Latino Metropolis (University of Minnesota Press, 2000)
* Latino Thought (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)
* Savage State: Welfare Capitalism & Inequality (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004)
* After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism (NYU Press, 2004)
* Racism & Capitalist Modernity (Polity Press) In Progress
* New American Destinies (Routledge, 1997)
* Latino Social Movements (Routledge, 1999)
* Race, Identity , and Citizenship (Blackwell, 1999)
* Latino Metropolis (University of Minnesota Press, 2000)
* Latino Thought (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)
* Savage State: Welfare Capitalism & Inequality (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004)
* After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism (NYU Press, 2004)
* Racism & Capitalist Modernity (Polity Press) In Progress
Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays; Studies in Political Economy (Routledge, 2025)
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Last updated
07/18/2025
07/18/2025