Americans in Science in Santa Cruz, California, which in 2004 received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. He is a recipient of the Academic Achievement Award from the American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE). He has also served in many academic, executive, and state and national board positions. Selected publications Rochin, Refugio I. September 1972. “A Socio-Economic Study of Dwarf Wheat Adoption by Barani Smallholders of Hazara District.” Journal of Rural Development and Administration, Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, IX(3):79-99. Rochin, Refugio I. Feb. 1973. "A Micro-Economic Analysis of Smallholder Response to High-Yielding Varieties of Wheat in West Pakistan." Small Farm Credit: Innovations in Pakistan. U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC: SR114, 165 pp. Rochin, Refugio I. June 1977. "Labor-Intensive Development: Theory and Implications." Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1(1):119-121. Rochin, Refugio I. June 1980. "Preassessing Social Returns to Farm Mechanization Research: A Suggested Method and Cases." New Labor Review, pp. 48–74. Giannini Foundation Paper No. 542. Rochin, Refugio I. Spring 1986. "The Conversion of Chicano Farmworkers into Owner-Operators of Cooperative Farms: 1970-85." Rural Sociology, 51(1):97-115. Rochin, Refugio I. and Adela de la Torre. May 1988. "Strengthening Chicano Studies Programs: Correlates for Success." Hispanic Journal of Education, pp. 11–30. Rochin, Refugio I., Y. Kawamura, D.B. Gwynn, and E. Dolber-Smith. 1989. "California's Rural Poor: Correlations with Rurality, Economic Structure, and Social Dimensions." Chapter 5 in Rural Development Issues of the Nineties: Perspectives from the Social Sciences, edited by T.T. Williams, W.A. Hill, and R.D. Christy. Tuskegee, Alabama: Tuskegee University Press, pp. 63–88. Gwynn, D.B., Y. Kawamura, E. Dolber-Smith, R.I. Rochin. March 1990. "California's Rural and Urban Poverty in the 1980s." Journal of Economic and Business Studies, 29(4):29-48. Rochin, Refugio I., and Monica D. Castillo. 1993. "Immigration, Colonia Formation, and Latino Poor in Rural California: Evolving 'Immiseration.'" Research Report, Tomas Rivera Center, Claremont, California, 68 pp. Hampton, Steve, Javier Ekboir, and Refugio I. Rochin. Nov. 1995. "The Performance of Latinos in Rural Public Schools: A Comparative Analysis of Test Scores in Grades 3, 6, and 12." Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 17(4):480-498. Rochin, R.I., and Elaine Allensworth. Nov/Dec 1997. "Latino Colonization in Rural California: The Emergence of Economic Patchwork. Frontera Norte." Publicacion Semestral de El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico. 9(18):145-158. Lopez, Elias, Enrique Ramirez, and Refugio I. Rochin. June 1999. "Latinos and Economic Development in California." California Research Bureau, Monograph CRB-99-008, 54 pp. Rochin,