Reece Torres

SUNY PRODiG Fellow
Bailey 212
(585) 245-6529
rtorres@geneseo.edu
he/him/his

Reece Torres joined the Sociology Department faculty in 2023 as a SUNY PRODiG fellow.

Reece Torres

Office hours

: M&W 10:00am-11:00am or by appointment

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 2024 Ph.D., Sociology, Syracuse University
    • Dissertation: Leaning In: Diversity Work and Campus Culture at a Quaker Prep School
    • Committee: Edwin Ackerman, Barbara Applebaum, Dawn Dow, Sean Drake, Prema Kurien (Chair)

    2014 M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University

    2012 B.A., Sociology and Africana Studies (Cum Laude), Dickinson College

Publications

  • Hoy, Aaron, Marcus Bell, Selene Cammer-Bechtold and Mauricio T. Torres. 2018. "Neoliberalism and the sometimes-reluctant dissent of working-class graduate students.” in On the Borders of the Academy: Challenges and Strategies for First Generation Graduate Students and Faculty., edited by A. Standlee. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Graduate School Press

  • Torres, Mauricio T., Mary Cannito-Coville and Dalia Rodriguez. 2017. "Trayvon Revisited: Race, Fear, and Affect in the Death of Trayvon Martin." Sociological Forum 32(S1):1112-1126. doi: 10.1111/socf.12369.

Interests

  • Elite education
  • Social justice
  • Wrestling

Classes

  • SOCL 102: Intro Soc Prob & Public Policy

    Contemporary social problems, including macro-problems (e.g., the economy, politics, inequality), micro-problems (e.g., crime, health care), and the relationship between the two are studied. Emphasis is on understanding both causes and symptoms of contemporary social problems.

  • SOCL 220: Inequality, Class and Poverty

    Inequalities in social prestige, political power, and economic rewards are examined. Topics include the origins of stratification, classical theories of stratification, inequality in the United States today, life styles of social classes, social mobility, and the persistence of poverty.