Florencia Torche

Florencia Torche is a Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. Professor Torche’s scholarship examines inequality dynamics including intergenerational mobility, disparities in educational attainment, family dynamics and assortative mating. Her research also examines the influence of early-life exposures –starting before birth– on individual wellbeing and inequality.

Professor Torche was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020, and to the Sociological Research Association in 2013. She has led many large data collection projects, including the first national survey on social mobility in Chile and Mexico. She has served as deputy editor of the American Sociological Review, Consulting Editor of the American Journal of Sociology, and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Forces, Sociology of Education, and Sociological Theory among others. She has served on the Board of Overseers of the General Social Survey. Professor Torche holds a BA from the Catholic University of Chile and an MA and PhD in Sociology from Columbia University