Georgia College & State University
MFA, Creative Writing
Milledgeville, GA
Present - Present
JT Torres
Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Part-Time Faculty
JT Torres
Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Part-Time Faculty
Dr. Torres approaches writing as a cultural tool for navigating complex systems. His research explores how writers construct an identity through writing in various contexts. He has published studies investigating the ways students write themselves into a particular discipline as well as how students interpret faculty feedback on their writing. He has also published ethnographic research about the ways oral history narratives sustain spiritual identities in Cuba.
A current focus for Dr. Torres's scholarship and teaching is ecological literacy. In his first-year writing courses, students read and write about the intersections between their disciplines and environmental justice. In so doing, students come to realize our interconnectedness not just across cultures but also across species.
Creatively, Dr. Torres writes fiction, both in print and in interactive formats. His current projects explore eco-horror storytelling and interactive narratives in video games and other digital media.
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A current focus for Dr. Torres's scholarship and teaching is ecological literacy. In his first-year writing courses, students read and write about the intersections between their disciplines and environmental justice. In so doing, students come to realize our interconnectedness not just across cultures but also across species.
Creatively, Dr. Torres writes fiction, both in print and in interactive formats. His current projects explore eco-horror storytelling and interactive narratives in video games and other digital media.
Areas of Expertise
- Narrative Identity
- Discourse Analysis
- Environmental Education
- Writing Assessment
- Teacher Education
Organization
- English
Office Location
- Comms, Computing & Engineering 205A
Mail Drop
- SB-ACA
Courses
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ED 513 Interdisciplinary Content Pedagogy for Secondary Classroom
Summer I 2023 -
EN 103H Advanced Academic Writing and Research
Fall 2023 -
EN 207 Interactive Storytelling and Narrative
Summer II 2023 -
GDD 250 Interactive Storytelling and Narrative
Summer II 2023 -
IDS 400 Transdisciplinary Project
Spring 2024 -
MCI 190 Special Topics
Spring 2024
Experience
Washington State University
PhD, Educational Psychology
Pullman, WA
Present - Present
Selected Publications
Books
Taking Flight
JT Torres
(Fairlight Books 2021)
Books
Situated Narratives and Sacred Dance: Performing the Entangled Histories of Cuba and West Africa
Jill Flanders Crosby and JT Torres
(University of Florida Press 2021)