Dr. Manuel Pastor is distinguished professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as director of the Progr...view moreDr. Manuel Pastor is distinguished professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as director of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity and as co-director of USC’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). The author of State of Resistance (The New Press), he lives in Los Angeles.view less