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Mo Torres is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan with a focus on urban political economy, inequality, and the sociology of race and racism. He completed his PhD in Sociology at Harvard University in 2023, where he also held fellowships at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and the Stone Program in Inequality and Social Policy. His academic work includes a current book project that employs mixed historical methods to examine the politics of post-industrial decline and urban austerity in Michigan from the 1970s to the present. A first-generation college graduate, Mo has a background as a teacher in the Detroit Public Schools. He holds a Master's in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and an AB in History and Chicana/o Studies from the University of California, Davis. Mo is also a Fulbright alumnus, having studied in Brazil in 2019.
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