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• Dr. Andrés Torres joined Lehman College in 2010 as a Distinguished Lecturer. Previously he was a Professor at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

• He received his Ph.D. in economics from the New School for Social Research and his M.A. in economics from N.Y.U.  His undergraduate alma mater is Manhattan College.  

• During his academic career Dr. Torres has taught in the fields of Puerto Rican/Latino Studies, Labor Studies, Urban Studies, and Economics. 

• He is the author and editor of several books covering topics in Puerto Rican and Latino Studies. He also authored "Signing in Puerto Rican", a memoir of growing up in a deaf migrant family.

• He has written extensively on economic and socio-political trends among the various demographic groups that comprise the U.S. economy and society.

• A main theme running through his work is the persistence of racial/ethnic disparities, their sources and potential remedies.

• Since his youth he has been an activist for various social and economic justice causes. Presently he advocates for the decolonization of Puerto Rico, and is involved with Radical Elders (Radicalelders.net). 

• He and his wife, Carmen Vivian Rivera, have two adult children and five grandchildren.