César Torres

Associate Researcher, Center for Research and Gender Studies (CIEG), UNAM

Dr. César Torres Cruz joined CIEG in 2020 as a researcher with a project that critically analyzes some of the social processes of the feminization of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cervical cancer in Mexico City. Dr. Torres is part of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI-CONACyT). He has a PhD in Social and Political Science with orientation in Sociology from UNAM, a MA in Social Science and Humanities (with specialization in Gender Studies and Sociology) from Autonomous Metropolitan University, Cuajimalpa, and a degree in Social Communication from Autonomous Metropolitan University, Xochimilco. He did his postdoctoral fellowship at the UNAM School of Sciences’ Science and Technology Studies Group. Dr. Torres Cruz has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses on feminist theories, gender studies, sexuality studies, masculinities, social theory, and qualitative methodologies.

His research interests include gender, health, and sexuality inequalities; social studies of biomedicine and health; queer and LGBTI+ studies in Mexico.