Reece Torres
Assistant Professor of Sociology
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.
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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