Reducing Inequality Network (RIN) Scholar
After years working in the technical side of event production and performing arts, Turi Robert Mendoza received his B.A. in 2019 in sociology from Brooklyn College, where he focused on examining the connection between the minimum wage increase and the anxieties around rising cost of living concerns of low-income and working-class New Yorkers. He later worked in the nonprofit sector for organizations that focused on providing support for low-income families and at-risk children. Mendoza is currently a Ph.D. student in sociology. His research interests center on the ways that digital spaces, social media platforms, and other forms of interactive technological media impact the creation and understanding of racial, class, and political identities and affect the political engagement of individuals in broader social movements.