Manuel Pastor
- Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity
- USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Director, USC Equity Research Institute (ERI)
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Expertise
- Environmental equity and climate justice
- Sustainable, equitable, and inclusive economies a
- Immigrant inclusion
- Community organizing and social movements
- Community-engaged research models
- Los Angeles and California politics
- Elections (Latinos in the U.S., demographic trends)
Languages
- Spanish
Additional Information
- Director of the Equity Research Insitute (ERI) at USC Dornsife
- Selected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2022 for his work in Public Affairs and Public Policy
- Recent books include: Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements Matter (co-authored with Chris Benner), South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A. (co-authored with Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo), and Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America’s Metro Areas (co-authored with Chris Benner). His book State of Resistance: What California’s Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Means for America’s Future was lauded in a New York Times review as “concise, clear and convincing.” Pastor’s next book, Driving Green Justice: Extracting the Future in “Lithium Valley,” will focus on equity and sustainability and the need to center racial, economic, and environmental justice.
- Investigator or co-investigator in funded research, including: “Building Research Capacity to Power Health Equity in California” (The California Endowment, 2023-2026); “Data and Analysis to Advance Racial and Health Equity” (California Wellness Foundation, 2023-2027); “Council for Immigrant Inclusion” (California Community Foundation, 2023-2025); “Solidarity Economics” (Hewlett Foundation, 2023-2024); and “A Changing South Los Angeles, A Changing America? Black-Latino Coalition Building for Civic Health and Neighborhood Well-being” (W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 2016-2017), among others.