Carlos Alberto Torres is distinguished professor of social sciences and comparative education; associate dean for global programs; and founding director at the Paulo Freire Institute, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies–UCLA. He is also the president of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES). In addition, Professor Torres, along with Paulo Freire, Moacir Gadotti, José Eustaquio Romão, Walter García, and Francisco Gutierrez, founded and was a director of the Paulo Freire Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1991. He is the founding director of the the Paulo Freire Institute–Argentina, established in 2003.
