Camila Torres-Castro
Asst Professor
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Department: Modern Languages & Comp Lit
Areas of expertise:
Email Address: camila.torrescastro@baruch.cuny.edu
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Camila Torres Castro (PhD University of Texas at Austin) is an Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture from Guadalajara, Mexico. Her work focuses on contemporary Mexico and her research and teaching interests include sound studies, film studies, and popular culture studies.
Currently, she is working on her book manuscript, titled A Resonant Nation: The Affective Politics of Sound in Contemporary Mexican Cinema, which interrogates the relationship between the sonic elements of film and how they relate to national identity and nation building. Within Baruch, she also serves as the PSC-CUNY Chapter Vice-Chair and chairs the Film minor.
Before joining Baruch, she was the Ann Plato Postdoctoral Fellow at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. She collects vinyl, and is a national member of Chulita Vinyl Club.
Education
Ph.D., Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures, The University of Texas at Austin Austin United States
M.A., Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures, The University of Texas at Austin Austin United States
B.A., Communication Studies, ITESO Guadalajara Mexico
Artistic and Creative Activities
Torres Castro, C. (2025). Book Presentation: "A flor de piel" (Nora Muñiz, 2025). Dharma Books.
Torres-Castro, C. Book presentation: "El verso desregulado" (Ezequiel Zaidenwerg-Dib, 2025). LASA Press.
Journal Articles
(2022). Lejos de Veracruz: Of Urban (Sound)Scapes and Fallen Idols in Gueros (2014). Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, 4(4). 26-39.
Torres Castro, C. “A Muted Melodrama: Silence, Volume, and Nationhood in Luz silenciosa (2007)”. Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, (Special Issue on Silence).
On Reproducing the Border: Lucha Sonora As Resistance in Ya no estoy aquí (2019). Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures,
Book Chapters
Clemons, A. M., Callesano, S., & Torres Castro, C. (2025). D-Smoke’s El Rey: A Multi-Modal Case for a Blaxican Contact Variety of Spanish. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Romance Linguistics: In honor of Barbara E. Bullock and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio (pp. 211-239). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Presentations
Torres-Castro, C. (2026, May 17). El reposo del fuego: Apuntes sobre el incendio de la Cineteca Nacional. Latin American Studies Association. Paris, France
Torres Castro, C. (2026, March 17). "Necromancy in Three Acts: Song, Murder, and Hauntings in Mexican Television" (Video Essay). Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Chicago, IL
Caroccio Maldonado, J., & Torres-Castro, C. (2026, March 17). "Storytelling in the Latinx community and in Latin America". Baruch College: College Latinx Alumni Network and Initiative for the Study of Latin America (ISLA).
Torres Castro, C. (2026, May 17). “El mundo según Peso Pluma: corridos tumbados y la nueva contracultura en México". Juan Bruce-Novoa Mexican Studies Conference. Irvine, CA: University of California - Irvine.
Torres-Castro, C. Nation-Building, Televisa, and Power Ballads: The Case of Solidaridad. MexicanEasts 2025. Provo, UT
Torres-Castro, C. (2026, June 17). Si son personas finas los Salinas: danzón, melodrama, y la voz femenina. Latin American Studies Association. Bogotá, Colombia
Torres-Castro, C., & Calle Poveda, A. (2026, October 17). Poner un vinilo no es escuchar: La escucha como conversación y método. . I Simposio Internacional de Investigación en Teatro. Bogotá, Colombia
Torres-Castro, C. (2026, June 17). Tracking the Mestizo ear: The Politics of Cielito Lindo and Whitexican Sensibilities . International Association for the Study of Popular Music. Minneapolis, MN.
Reviews
Torres-Castro, C. (1970,January 1). Review of Sonic Strategies: Performing Mexico’s War on Drugs, Mourning, and Feminicide (Christina Baker, Vanderbilt University Press, 2023). Chasqui.
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene M. Lang Junior Faculty Research Fellowship | 2026-05-05 | ||
| Faculty Fellowship Publication Program | 2025-11-11 |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Research | Committee Member | Present | |
| Committee on the Library | Committee Member | Present | |
| MLCL Faculty Meetings | Secretary | Present | |
| Search Committee | Committee Member | 3/13/2026 |
University
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSC-CUNY Campus Action Team | Committee Member | 8/28/2023 | Present |
| PSC CUNY/Baruch Chapter | Interim Chair | 1/26/2026 | Present |
| PSC-CUNY/Baruch Chapter | Vice-Chair | 8/29/2024 | Present |
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TeknokulturaTeknokultura: Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales | Reviewer, Journal Article | 9/10/2025 | Present | International | ||
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | Reviewer, Grant Proposal | Canada | 11/21/2023 | Present | International |
Public
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrored Identities: Aesthetic Codes in a Cross-Border Context, NY Art Book Fair | Guest Speaker | 9/12/2025 | Present | International | ||
| Speaking Volumes!: A Symposium on Sound Studies | Program Organizer | 3/7/2025 | Present | National |