Professor Dr. Florencia Torche

Biography

Florencia Torche is the Edwards S. Sanford Professor in the Department of Sociology and the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Her research primarily focuses on social inequality, social mobility, educational disparities, and family dynamics. Recent scholarship has explored the impact of early-life exposures and circumstances on individual health and development, utilizing natural experiments and causal inference methodologies. In 2023, Professor Torche was elected to the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and in 2020, she became a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has led significant collaborative data collection initiatives, including national social mobility surveys in Chile and Mexico, with her research supported by prestigious organizations such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.

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