Edwardo Rhodes

Edwardo Lao Rhodes (born 1946) is an American management science scholar and author. An Emeritus Professor at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Rhodes is best known for his seminal work in data envelopment analysis, as well as his applications of management science to policy analysis and environmental policy. Rhodes developed most of his career as a professor of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University where he reached the status of Professor Emeritus.

After devoting several years to developing applications of management science to public policy and particularly to environmental policy, Rhodes wrote "Environmental Justice in America: A New Paradigm" in 2003. In the book, Rhodes discusses new methodological approaches to environmental justice and argues that race and class are relevant categories previously ignored in analyzing environmental justice issues. Rhodes primary solution to these given problems is DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis), which is a mathmathical tool that allows for the combination of multiple risks such as; air quality, water toxins and waste sites into one singualr score for a community.