Armando Ibarra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Labor Education at University of Wisconsin Madison. Professor Ibarra serves as Director of the Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program, as a Faculty Latino Specialist for Cooperative Extension, as a Research Affiliate in the Applied Population Laboratory and as 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. His research and fields of specialization are Mexican, Mexican American, Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x working communities, social movements, community development, international labor migration, and community-based participatory applied research. His publications include award winning books, journal articles, policy and applied research reports, and documentaries.

His most recent 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.