Carlos Alberto Torres, professor of education and the director of the Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA, was recently appointed associate dean for global programs at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS).
“One of my responsibilities is to show the world the extraordinary work we do in social justice education with a global perspective,” Torres said in Ampersand, the school's online magazine. “That means to attract the best and brightest among international students that could come to work with us here. UCLA is one of the most global, multicultural, social justice-oriented, world-class universities in the world. That’s what students are attracted to, and UCLA’s Department of Education exemplifies that better than many others I know.”
Working with Patricia McDonough, associate dean for academic programs, Torres will work to establish a new set of global programs at GSE&IS and set up a new master’s degree program focused on social justice education, among other goals.
In June, Torres was elected as new president of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies. Most recently, he was recognized by Online Schools in California as one of the “Top 20 Education Professors in California.” Last month, he participated in a UNESCO discussion on global citizenship education.
