March 2021
Carlos D. Torres
Curriculum Vitae
4090 Skillman Lane
Petaluma, CA 94952
cell – 415-755-3623
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology, Emphasis: Media Anthropology. Dissertation Title:
Renaissance and Recomposition: Maya Media Production in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico.
Dissertation Committee: James McGoodwin (chair), Carole Mc Granahan, Carla Jones, Dennis McGilvray, Meg Moritz. University of Colorado at Boulder, CO. August 7, 2010
M.A. Cultural Anthropology, California State College at Fullerton, CA: with an emphasis in visual anthropology June, 2002
B.A. Anthropology, California State College at Fullerton, CA: minor in
Comparative Literature June, 2000
Research and Teaching Interests
Media Anthropology, Communication and Culture, Maya Studies, Media Production, Latin American Studies
Appointments (at Sonoma State University Fall 2013 to Present)
Lecturer Sonoma State University, Osher Life-Long Learning Program, Six-Week Seminar: Homo Communicatus: The Story of Human Communication (Spring 2021)
Lecturer Sonoma State University, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies: LIBS 382, Work and the Global Future (Spring 2017-2021; Fall 2017-2020)
Senior Lecturer Sonoma State University, Dept. of Anthropology: ANTH 340, Living in Our Globalized Lecturer World (Fall 2020; Spring 2019; 2 Sections, Spring 2018); ANTH 203, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Fall, 2020; Spring, 2019; 2 Sections, Fall 2018; 2 Sections, Spring 2018
Lecturer Sonoma State University, First Year Experience Curriculum: UNIV 150 (Fall 2017-2019; Spring 2018-2020)
Lecturer Sonoma State University, Dept. of Liberal Studies: SSCI 320, Critical Media Analysis (Fall 2019) and SSCI 320, Cinema & Global Diversity (Fall 2019)
Lecturer Sonoma State University, Dept. of Anthropology: ANTH 358, Media Anthropology (Fall 2014); ANTH 451, Applied Anthropology Methods (Spring 2014)
Lecturer University of California at Berkeley, Dept. of Environmental Studies, Policy & Management: ESPM 151, The Environment, Society and Culture (Spring 2013)
Lecturer University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology: ANTH 1170, Exploring Culture and Gender through Film (Fall 2011); ANTH 4020, Survey of Ethnographic Films: The Legacy of Ethnofiction (Summer 2010); ANTH. 4020, Survey of Ethnographic Media: Introduction to Media Anthropology (Summer 2008); University of Colorado, ANTH. 4020, Survey of Ethnographic Media: Introduction to Visual Anthropology (Summer 2007)
Lecturer University of Denver, Department of International Studies: 2930, Latin American Politics, Culture and Society (Fall 2011).
Publications
Author, Homo Communicatus: The Story of Human Communication – book proposal to submitted to the University of California Press, 3/7/2021
Co-Author with Katie Earnshaw, Multi-volume book review of the Photographic Publications of the
Chiapas Photography Project, for American Anthropologist, 113(1). March 2011
Author, Book review of Monkey Business Theater by Robert Laughlin and Sna Jtz’ibajom , 2009, for Latin American Indian Literature Journal, 25(1) Spring 2009
Co-Author with Caroline Conzelman, Book review of Circuits of Culture: Media, Politics, and
Indigenous Identity in the Andes, by Jeff D. Himpele for Indigenous People’s Issues Today, August 22,
2008. http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com Summer 2008
Editor, Hollywood 101: A Handbook on the Film Business, Collaboration Filmworks, Hollywood, CA
March 2000
Outside Work Experience
Producer/Director, Website, www.stories to save a life.com, Petaluma, CA – in development
Producer/Director, Website, www.mondoglobe.com, Petaluma, CA – in development
Ethnographic Researcher, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (Health and Addiction Research) Oakland, CA, August 2013 – March 2014
Production Coordinator, Arcwelder Films, Ltd.¸ Los Angeles, CA, March 2000 – January 2001.
(Film and project coordinator for film studio specializing in commercial documentary videos.)
High School English Teacher, Fullerton Unified School District. January 2001-Junes 2002
Production Intern, Collaboration Filmworks, Hollywood, CA, February 2000 – May 2000
Operations Manager, Il Fornaio Restaurant, Costa Mesa, CA, October 1994 – August 1999
University Service
SSU Executive Committee, Elected – At-Large Senator (Fall 2018 – Spring 2020)
Provost’s SSU Strategic Planning Taskforce, Appointed – Faculty Representative (Fall 2017- Spring 2018)
Sonoma State University Faculty Senate, Elected – Senate Lecturer (Fall 2017- continuing)
California Faculty Association, Hired – Lecturer Representative (Fall 2017 – Spring 2019)
Margaret Mead Film Festival at C.S.U.F. Director, February 2000 and February 2001
Pedagogy Training & Leadership
- CSU Chancellor’s Office, Course Redesign with Technology Program (Full Year, June 2017 – June 2018, (bi-weekly seminars)
- Sonoma State University Faculty Center (pedagogy training conferences, workshops)
- Online Proven Course Redesign Program, $13, 800 Stipend (Fall 2019 – Spring 2020)
- Online and Blended Teaching Excellence Program-18-FA(bi-weekly seminars)
- Locating Affordable Resources (workshop, June 2017)
- Quality Assurance for Blended and Online Courses (conference, certificate of completion, January, 2017)
- Using Socrative.com in the Classroom (workshop, Lead Researcher, November, 2015)
- Using collaborate.com in the Classroom (workshop, September, 2015)
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Graduate Teaching Program, Certified Lead Graduate Instructor (Fall 2007 – Spring 2010) completed 20 pedagogy seminars, and taught 4 seminars regularly, certification noted on my CSU transcript
Conference Papers & Poster
“The Inward Struggle of Early Christianity and the Quest for Modern Day Restorative Rituals.” Research Poster, American Anthropological Association, Vancouver, CA. 11/24/2019
“Visualizing Restorative Ritual: The Pilgrimage along the Camino Santiago, Spain.” Research paper, American Anthropological Association, San Jose, CA. 11/14/2018, (Wed, 2:15, Session 2-0490) November 2018
“Toward and Anthropology of Citizen Reportage.” Research paper, American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C. 11/29/2017. November 2017
“Post-Modern Revolution/Post-Modern Journalism: Anthropology and the Engagement with Press Reportage in Chiapas 1994-2004.” Research paper, American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA.
November 2008
“Ethnography in the Sensationalist Mode: The Persistence of ‘Mondo Vision’ in Contemporary
Televisual Ethnography.” Research paper, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C.
November 2007
“Defining Visual Anthropology in an Age of Documentary Film.” Research paper, Presented for the
traveling Margaret Mead Film Festival. California State College at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA. March 2000
“Visualizing Globalization: The Shepard’s GPS.”Research paper, Presented for the traveling Margaret
Mead Film Festival. California State College at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA. May 1999
Funding and Scholarships
CSU Chancellor’s Office, Course Redesign with Technology Grant ($13, 844) Spring 2017
University of California at Berkeley, Professional Development Grant ($2,470) Spring 2013
University of Colorado Departmental Thesis, Research, and Travel Grants ($7,500 total) 2006|2008
University of Colorado Diversity Fellowship ($2,500) Fall 2002
University of Colorado Graduate Fellowship ($2,500) Spring 2003
California State College at Fullerton, Hispanic Faculty Scholarship ($1,000) Fall 2001
Professional Film Credit
Production Coordinator, Inside the Kill Box: The War in the Gulf, for Arcwelder Films,
Ltd. Premiered January 15, 2001 on the Discovery Channel. Link to IMDB,
Production Assistant, Explosive Situations, for Arcwelder Films. Premiered November 20, 2000, on the
Discovery Channel
Documentary Videos and Media
Producer/Director, Documentary Video: Labyrinths of Solace, Petaluma, CA, March 15, 2020 (in consideration at the Portland and Margaret Mead Film Festivals)
Producer/Director, Documentary Video: We Demonstrate: Eulogy to an Anti-War Rally, Premiere and Discussion at The University of Colorado at Boulder, October 15, 2004. Weblink: https://youtu.be/QAmzcjnvVYE — Aired November 21, 2004 on KTFD, Channel 14, Boulder.
Producer/Director, Documentary Video We Are the Other, March 2002. Premiered at the student film
portion of the Traveling Margaret Mead Film Festival, C.S.U.F. Weblink: https://youtu.be/6zdU7OZCu2E
— Aired August 14, 2002 on KTFD, Channel 14, Boulder.
Instructional Media
Chiapas Media Arts Makers, published January 15, 2015. Weblink: https://youtu.be/faIEJXt6p3w
Social Science News Campaign Video, created for a Kickstarter campaign course practicum. published August 6, 2015. Weblink: https://youtu.be/hKUIF1GCkoI
Professional Membership
American Anthropological Association
-Society for Applied Anthropology
-Society for Visual Anthropology
-Society of Psychological Anthropology
-Society for Transnational, Global Anthropology
Latin American Studies Association
American Ethnological Society
Languages
Native Speaker of English. Advanced Spanish. Some knowledge of Tzotzil Maya
References
Alexis Boutin, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of Social Sciences
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2078, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2729
Margaret Purser, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Former Chair
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2054, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-3164
Robert Senghas, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Professor
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2054, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2307
Karin Enstam Jaffe, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Former Chair
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2054, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2944
send.Jaffe.7C529AF5D1@interfolio.com
John Wingard, Ph.D.
Department of Social Sciences, Professor/Former Dean of Social Sciences, SSU
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2078, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2112
Uploaded recommendation letter available at:
send.Wingard.F79F8674BC@interfolio.com
James McGoodwin, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Professor Emeritus
1350 Pleasant St.
Boulder, CO 80309-0233
Hale Science 350 | Campus Box 233 UCB
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, CO. 80309
(720) 920-9744
send.McGoodwin.300006439E@interfolio.com
Dennis McGilvray, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Professor Emeritus
1350 Pleasant St.
Boulder, CO 80309-0233
Hale Science 350 | Campus Box 233 UCB
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, CO. 80309
(303) 449-0501
send.McGilvray.2E43B15477@interfolio.com
Donna Goldstein
Department of Anthropology, Professor
1350 Pleasant St.
Boulder, CO 80309-0233
Hale Science 350 | Campus Box 233 UCB
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, CO. 80309
(303) 492-5484
March 2021
Carlos D. Torres
Curriculum Vitae
4090 Skillman Lane
Petaluma, CA 94952
cell – 415-755-3623
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology, Emphasis: Media Anthropology. Dissertation Title:
Renaissance and Recomposition: Maya Media Production in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico.
Dissertation Committee: James McGoodwin (chair), Carole Mc Granahan, Carla Jones, Dennis McGilvray, Meg Moritz. University of Colorado at Boulder, CO. August 7, 2010
M.A. Cultural Anthropology, California State College at Fullerton, CA: with an emphasis in visual anthropology June, 2002
B.A. Anthropology, California State College at Fullerton, CA: minor in
Comparative Literature June, 2000
Research and Teaching Interests
Media Anthropology, Communication and Culture, Maya Studies, Media Production, Latin American Studies
Appointments (at Sonoma State University Fall 2013 to Present)
Lecturer Sonoma State University, Osher Life-Long Learning Program, Six-Week Seminar: Homo Communicatus: The Story of Human Communication (Spring 2021)
Lecturer Sonoma State University, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies: LIBS 382, Work and the Global Future (Spring 2017-2021; Fall 2017-2020)
Senior Lecturer Sonoma State University, Dept. of Anthropology: ANTH 340, Living in Our Globalized Lecturer World (Fall 2020; Spring 2019; 2 Sections, Spring 2018); ANTH 203, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Fall, 2020; Spring, 2019; 2 Sections, Fall 2018; 2 Sections, Spring 2018
Lecturer Sonoma State University, First Year Experience Curriculum: UNIV 150 (Fall 2017-2019; Spring 2018-2020)
Lecturer Sonoma State University, Dept. of Liberal Studies: SSCI 320, Critical Media Analysis (Fall 2019) and SSCI 320, Cinema & Global Diversity (Fall 2019)
Lecturer Sonoma State University, Dept. of Anthropology: ANTH 358, Media Anthropology (Fall 2014); ANTH 451, Applied Anthropology Methods (Spring 2014)
Lecturer University of California at Berkeley, Dept. of Environmental Studies, Policy & Management: ESPM 151, The Environment, Society and Culture (Spring 2013)
Lecturer University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology: ANTH 1170, Exploring Culture and Gender through Film (Fall 2011); ANTH 4020, Survey of Ethnographic Films: The Legacy of Ethnofiction (Summer 2010); ANTH. 4020, Survey of Ethnographic Media: Introduction to Media Anthropology (Summer 2008); University of Colorado, ANTH. 4020, Survey of Ethnographic Media: Introduction to Visual Anthropology (Summer 2007)
Lecturer University of Denver, Department of International Studies: 2930, Latin American Politics, Culture and Society (Fall 2011).
Publications
Author, Homo Communicatus: The Story of Human Communication – book proposal to submitted to the University of California Press, 3/7/2021
Co-Author with Katie Earnshaw, Multi-volume book review of the Photographic Publications of the
Chiapas Photography Project, for American Anthropologist, 113(1). March 2011
Author, Book review of Monkey Business Theater by Robert Laughlin and Sna Jtz’ibajom , 2009, for Latin American Indian Literature Journal, 25(1) Spring 2009
Co-Author with Caroline Conzelman, Book review of Circuits of Culture: Media, Politics, and
Indigenous Identity in the Andes, by Jeff D. Himpele for Indigenous People’s Issues Today, August 22,
2008. http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com Summer 2008
Editor, Hollywood 101: A Handbook on the Film Business, Collaboration Filmworks, Hollywood, CA
March 2000
Outside Work Experience
Producer/Director, Website, www.stories to save a life.com, Petaluma, CA – in development
Producer/Director, Website, www.mondoglobe.com, Petaluma, CA – in development
Ethnographic Researcher, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (Health and Addiction Research) Oakland, CA, August 2013 – March 2014
Production Coordinator, Arcwelder Films, Ltd.¸ Los Angeles, CA, March 2000 – January 2001.
(Film and project coordinator for film studio specializing in commercial documentary videos.)
High School English Teacher, Fullerton Unified School District. January 2001-Junes 2002
Production Intern, Collaboration Filmworks, Hollywood, CA, February 2000 – May 2000
Operations Manager, Il Fornaio Restaurant, Costa Mesa, CA, October 1994 – August 1999
University Service
SSU Executive Committee, Elected – At-Large Senator (Fall 2018 – Spring 2020)
Provost’s SSU Strategic Planning Taskforce, Appointed – Faculty Representative (Fall 2017- Spring 2018)
Sonoma State University Faculty Senate, Elected – Senate Lecturer (Fall 2017- continuing)
California Faculty Association, Hired – Lecturer Representative (Fall 2017 – Spring 2019)
Margaret Mead Film Festival at C.S.U.F. Director, February 2000 and February 2001
Pedagogy Training & Leadership
- CSU Chancellor’s Office, Course Redesign with Technology Program (Full Year, June 2017 – June 2018, (bi-weekly seminars)
- Sonoma State University Faculty Center (pedagogy training conferences, workshops)
- Online Proven Course Redesign Program, $13, 800 Stipend (Fall 2019 – Spring 2020)
- Online and Blended Teaching Excellence Program-18-FA(bi-weekly seminars)
- Locating Affordable Resources (workshop, June 2017)
- Quality Assurance for Blended and Online Courses (conference, certificate of completion, January, 2017)
- Using Socrative.com in the Classroom (workshop, Lead Researcher, November, 2015)
- Using collaborate.com in the Classroom (workshop, September, 2015)
- University of Colorado at Boulder, Graduate Teaching Program, Certified Lead Graduate Instructor (Fall 2007 – Spring 2010) completed 20 pedagogy seminars, and taught 4 seminars regularly, certification noted on my CSU transcript
Conference Papers & Poster
“The Inward Struggle of Early Christianity and the Quest for Modern Day Restorative Rituals.” Research Poster, American Anthropological Association, Vancouver, CA. 11/24/2019
“Visualizing Restorative Ritual: The Pilgrimage along the Camino Santiago, Spain.” Research paper, American Anthropological Association, San Jose, CA. 11/14/2018, (Wed, 2:15, Session 2-0490) November 2018
“Toward and Anthropology of Citizen Reportage.” Research paper, American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C. 11/29/2017. November 2017
“Post-Modern Revolution/Post-Modern Journalism: Anthropology and the Engagement with Press Reportage in Chiapas 1994-2004.” Research paper, American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA.
November 2008
“Ethnography in the Sensationalist Mode: The Persistence of ‘Mondo Vision’ in Contemporary
Televisual Ethnography.” Research paper, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C.
November 2007
“Defining Visual Anthropology in an Age of Documentary Film.” Research paper, Presented for the
traveling Margaret Mead Film Festival. California State College at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA. March 2000
“Visualizing Globalization: The Shepard’s GPS.”Research paper, Presented for the traveling Margaret
Mead Film Festival. California State College at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA. May 1999
Funding and Scholarships
CSU Chancellor’s Office, Course Redesign with Technology Grant ($13, 844) Spring 2017
University of California at Berkeley, Professional Development Grant ($2,470) Spring 2013
University of Colorado Departmental Thesis, Research, and Travel Grants ($7,500 total) 2006|2008
University of Colorado Diversity Fellowship ($2,500) Fall 2002
University of Colorado Graduate Fellowship ($2,500) Spring 2003
California State College at Fullerton, Hispanic Faculty Scholarship ($1,000) Fall 2001
Professional Film Credit
Production Coordinator, Inside the Kill Box: The War in the Gulf, for Arcwelder Films,
Ltd. Premiered January 15, 2001 on the Discovery Channel. Link to IMDB,
Production Assistant, Explosive Situations, for Arcwelder Films. Premiered November 20, 2000, on the
Discovery Channel
Documentary Videos and Media
Producer/Director, Documentary Video: Labyrinths of Solace, Petaluma, CA, March 15, 2020 (in consideration at the Portland and Margaret Mead Film Festivals)
Producer/Director, Documentary Video: We Demonstrate: Eulogy to an Anti-War Rally, Premiere and Discussion at The University of Colorado at Boulder, October 15, 2004. Weblink: https://youtu.be/QAmzcjnvVYE — Aired November 21, 2004 on KTFD, Channel 14, Boulder.
Producer/Director, Documentary Video We Are the Other, March 2002. Premiered at the student film
portion of the Traveling Margaret Mead Film Festival, C.S.U.F. Weblink: https://youtu.be/6zdU7OZCu2E
— Aired August 14, 2002 on KTFD, Channel 14, Boulder.
Instructional Media
Chiapas Media Arts Makers, published January 15, 2015. Weblink: https://youtu.be/faIEJXt6p3w
Social Science News Campaign Video, created for a Kickstarter campaign course practicum. published August 6, 2015. Weblink: https://youtu.be/hKUIF1GCkoI
Professional Membership
American Anthropological Association
-Society for Applied Anthropology
-Society for Visual Anthropology
-Society of Psychological Anthropology
-Society for Transnational, Global Anthropology
Latin American Studies Association
American Ethnological Society
Languages
Native Speaker of English. Advanced Spanish. Some knowledge of Tzotzil Maya
References
Alexis Boutin, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of Social Sciences
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2078, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2729
Margaret Purser, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Former Chair
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2054, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-3164
Robert Senghas, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Professor
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2054, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2307
Karin Enstam Jaffe, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Former Chair
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2054, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2944
send.Jaffe.7C529AF5D1@interfolio.com
John Wingard, Ph.D.
Department of Social Sciences, Professor/Former Dean of Social Sciences, SSU
Sonoma State University
Stevenson Hall 2078, 1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 664-2112
Uploaded recommendation letter available at:
send.Wingard.F79F8674BC@interfolio.com
James McGoodwin, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Professor Emeritus
1350 Pleasant St.
Boulder, CO 80309-0233
Hale Science 350 | Campus Box 233 UCB
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, CO. 80309
(720) 920-9744
send.McGoodwin.300006439E@interfolio.com
Dennis McGilvray, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology, Professor Emeritus
1350 Pleasant St.
Boulder, CO 80309-0233
Hale Science 350 | Campus Box 233 UCB
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, CO. 80309
(303) 449-0501
send.McGilvray.2E43B15477@interfolio.com
Donna Goldstein
Department of Anthropology, Professor
1350 Pleasant St.
Boulder, CO 80309-0233
Hale Science 350 | Campus Box 233 UCB
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, CO. 80309
(303) 492-5484