Fernando Tormos-Aponte

Fernando Tormos-Aponte is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and a Kendall fellow at the Union of Concerned Scientists. He earned his PhD in political science from Purdue University and a BA from the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras. Tormos-Aponte specializes in environmental and racial justice, intersectional solidarity, identity politics, social policy, and transnational politics. In addition, Tormos-Aponte investigates civil society claims about uneven government response across communities. His work in this area examines the causes and consequences of government neglect of socially vulnerable communities during disaster recoveries.