Dr. Manuel Pastor
Professor of Geography, American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and co-founder of UC-Santa Cruz's Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community.

Engaging Communities and Educating Students: Tools, Experiences, and Challenges
Faculty Brown Bag, 12 p.m., Albany 220

New Dimensions of Race in America (with Kevin Merida, Associate Editor, Washington Post)
3:30-5 p.m., Templeton, Council Chamber

Public or Perish: Engaged Scholarship, Community Connections and the Future of the Academy
7:30 p.m., Templeton, Council Chamber

Dr. Manuel Pastor is Professor of Geography, American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and co-founder of UC-Santa Cruz's Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community. He has received grants and fellowships from the Irvine Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and many others.

Dr. Pastor's most recent book, co-authored with Chris Benner, and Laura Leete entitled Staircases or Treadmills: Labor Market Intermediaries and Economic Opportunity in a Changing Economy (Russell Sage, 2007). He co-authored with Angela Glover Blackwell and Stewart Kwoh, a book entitled Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America (W.W. Norton, 2002). He also co-authored with Peter Dreier, Eugene Grigsby, and Marta Lopez-Garza Regions That Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together (University of Minnesota Press, 2000), a book that has become a reference for those seeking to better link community and regional development.

Dr. Pastor speaks frequently on issues of demographic change, economic inequality, and community empowerment and has contributed opinion pieces to such outlets as the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury News, and the Christian Science Monitor. He served as a member of the Commission on Regions appointed by California's Speaker of the State Assembly, and in January 2002 was awarded a Civic Entrepreneur of the Year award from the California Center for Regional Leadership.