Laura Torres-Rodríguez

Laura Torres-Rodríguez is Associate Professor of Spanish at New York University and Director of Undergraduate Studies. Her research examines Mexican cultural production through transpacific, decolonial, and feminist frameworks. Award-winning scholarship includes the Latin American Studies Association's Best Book prize for work exploring Asia's spectral presence in Mexican modernity.

Research explores archipelagic thinking, feminist aesthetics, and Marxist approaches to cultural texts. Recent publications analyze bureaucratic gender dynamics, anti-patriarchal literary transformations, and border politics intersecting with healthcare economies.

Publications demonstrate consistent engagement with pedagogical innovation, materialist critiques of globalization, and decolonial knowledge practices across literary and cultural contexts.