Associate Professor
Faculty Senate
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College of Arts and Sciences
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Dr. Theresa Torres, Associate Professor, Department of Race, Ethnic, and Gender Studies and Sociology Department. Dr. Torres’ areas of expertise are Latinx Studies, Gender Studies, Immigration Studies, Black and Ethnic Studies, Religious Studies, and Anthropology. She authored a book, The Paradox of Latina Leaders in the Catholic Church: Las Guadalupanas of Kansas City and is completing a book on Transformational Resistant Leaders based on the interviews of Latina leaders. Recently, she published several articles below listed below. She was co-curator of a major exhibit Kansas City’s Guadalupe Centers: 100 Years of Service in the Community at the Kansas City Central Public Library that received a national award and regional honorable mention.Dr. Theresa Torres, Associate Professor, Department of Race, Ethnic, and Gender Studies and Sociology Department. Dr. Torres’ areas of expertise are Latinx Studies, Gender Studies, Immigration Studies, Black and Ethnic Studies, Religious Studies, and Anthropology. She authored a book, The Paradox of Latina Leaders in the Catholic Church: Las Guadalupanas of Kansas City and is completing a book on Transformational Resistant Leaders based on the interviews of Latina leaders. Recently, she published several articles below listed below. She was co-curator of a major exhibit Kansas City’s Guadalupe Centers: 100 Years of Service in the Community at the Kansas City Central Public Library that received a national award and regional honorable mention.
