Victor W. Perez

Victor W. Perez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He specializes in environmental justice, health and illness sociology, and risk analysis, emphasizing mixed-methods research. A core faculty member at the Disaster Research Center (DRC), he also serves as a Policy Fellow at the Center for Community Research and Service (CCRS) and is affiliated with the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN).

His teaching includes introductory sociology, quantitative methods, and courses he created, such as the Sociology of Diagnosis and Environment and Health. He recently developed 'Deconstructing Definitions: The Medicalization of Society' for the UD Honors College. His research explores health-risk configurations through social justice frameworks, addressing topics like climate vulnerability, urban environmental inequities, and public health controversies.

Perez actively contributes to university governance through roles on the Institutional Review Board, University Faculty Senate, and UD’s Continuing-Track Caucus. He advocates for contingent faculty rights via the American Sociological Association’s Taskforce on Contingent Faculty and participates in the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).