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
Professor Torres' edited and authored books:
1. New American Destinies (Routledge, 1997)
2. Latino Social Movements (Routledge, 1999)
4. Race, Identity, and Citizenship (Blackwell, 1999)
5. Latino Metropolis with Victor Valle (University of Minnesota Press, 2000)
6. Latino Thought (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)
7. Savage State: Welfare Capitalism & Inequality (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004)
8. After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism (NYU Press, 2004)
9. Race Defaced: Paradigms of Pessimism, Politics of Possibility with C. Kyriakides (Stanford University Press, 2012)
10. Man of Fire: Selected Writings of Ernesto Galarza with A. Ibarra (University of Illinois Press, 2013)
Choice Outstanding Academic Titles
11. The Latino Question: Politics, Laboring Classes, and the Next Left with A. Ibarra and A. Carlos (Pluto Press, 2018)
APSA Best Latino Politics Book
12. Capitalism and Critique: Unruly Democracy and Solidarity Economics with E. Martin and M. E. Pimentel (Routledge, 2019)
13. Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures (Routledge, 2022)
14. Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays; Studies in Political Economy by Mario Barrera (edited with W. Robinson; Routledge, 2nd updated edition, 2026)
1. New American Destinies (Routledge, 1997)
2. Latino Social Movements (Routledge, 1999)
4. Race, Identity, and Citizenship (Blackwell, 1999)
5. Latino Metropolis with Victor Valle (University of Minnesota Press, 2000)
6. Latino Thought (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)
7. Savage State: Welfare Capitalism & Inequality (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004)
8. After Race: Racism After Multiculturalism (NYU Press, 2004)
9. Race Defaced: Paradigms of Pessimism, Politics of Possibility with C. Kyriakides (Stanford University Press, 2012)
10. Man of Fire: Selected Writings of Ernesto Galarza with A. Ibarra (University of Illinois Press, 2013)
Choice Outstanding Academic Titles
11. The Latino Question: Politics, Laboring Classes, and the Next Left with A. Ibarra and A. Carlos (Pluto Press, 2018)
APSA Best Latino Politics Book
12. Capitalism and Critique: Unruly Democracy and Solidarity Economics with E. Martin and M. E. Pimentel (Routledge, 2019)
13. Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures (Routledge, 2022)
14. Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays; Studies in Political Economy by Mario Barrera (edited with W. Robinson; Routledge, 2nd updated edition, 2026)
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Last updated
11/17/2025
11/17/2025