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Armando Ibarra is an Associate Professor in the School for Workers - Department of Labor Education at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Professor Ibarra serves as Director of the Chicano and Latino Studies Program, as a Faculty Latino Specialist for Cooperative Extension, as a Research Affiliate in the Applied Population Laboratory, and as an affiliate faculty in the Labor Center at UMASS Amherst. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine, and joined the UW in January 2011. Ibarra holds a Master's in Public Administration, and a B.A. Sociology and Spanish.

He is a Co-Principal Investigator on an applied research project titled “Voices of Wisconsin Workers: A Community-Engaged Study of Essential Workers during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic”, released February 15, 2021. This is a collaborative research project between his department, the University of Wisconsin–Population Health Institute, and funded by the Department of Health Service. His co-authored book, The Latino Question: Politics, Laboring Classes, and the Next Left, won the 2019 Best Book in Latino Politics awarded by The Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association. This book engages timely debates on Latino working-class struggles, politics, immigration, and inequality in the US. His co-edited book, Man of Fire: Selected Writings of Ernesto Galarza, was designated an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Reviews for Academic Libraries a publication of the American Library Association. For more information, see his website and additional content here.