Monica De La Torre
Monica De La Torre is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington. Her scholarship bridges New Media and Sound Studies by analyzing the development of Chicana feminist epistemologies in radio and digital media production. A member of Soul Rebel Radio, a community radio collective based in Los Angeles, De La Torre is specifically interested in the ways in which radio and digital media production function as tools for community engagement. An active member of the UW Women of Color Collective and the Women Who Rock Collective as well as a HASTAC scholar, she co-curated the Women Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities Digital Oral History Archive, along with members of the Women Who Rock Collective. Earning a B.A. in Psychology and Chicana/o Studies from University of California, Davis she went to complete an M.A. in Chicana/o Studies from California State University, Northridge. Her thesis title is, “Emerging Feminisms: El Teatro de las Chicanas and Chicana Feminist Identity Development.” In 2012 she was awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, which recognizes superior academic achievement, sustained engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy, and the potential to enhance the educational opportunities for diverse students.
