He teaches courses for graduate and undergraduate students on language, literature and culture. Torres has published articles on Spanish and Latin American literature and film and is the author of a book on Miguel de Unamuno. Much of his current research focuses on the development of metacultural discourse in Spain. Torres also is the editor-in-chief of Revista de ALCESXXI: Journal of Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film and serves on the executive committee of the International Association of 21st Century Spanish Literature and Film (ALCESXXI). A native of Valencia, Spain, he has a BA from Nebraska Wesleyan University (1995) and an MA (1998) and Ph.D. (2006) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln