Education

B.A. in Journalism. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina. MA in Organizational Communication, Ohio University. Ph.D. Cross-Culture Communication, Ohio University.

Areas of Expertise

Health Communication and intercultural communication conflict in interpersonal/group/ and organizational communication

Maria Torres

Communication Studies
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Beatriz Torres has been working in different capacities in the field of communication for the last 22 years, moving from mass media, to organizational communication, to small groups and intercultural and health communication. She has 9 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate level in Argentina (National University of Cordoba) and the United States (Ohio University, Keene State College and MSU). This diverse background and experience always informs her teaching as she draws examples from all these different communication contexts and cultures to help ground students' learning with real-life examples.

A significant part of her scholarship work has focused on intercultural conflict and health care looking in particular at doctors and patients as cohorts in different countries. She is currently working with a social support group of Latino women (Las Comadres) from La Mano (a non-profit organization in Mankato) on an entertainment education health project and collectively creating effective health messages through a radio soap-opera.

Contact Information

Communication Studies
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue
Saint Peter, MN 56082

Phone: 507-933-7346
E-mail: btorres@gustavus.edu

Courses Taught

• Ethnography of Comm
• Interpers Communicatn
• Sm Group Communicatn
• ST:Health Commnctn

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