- Larry Torres
Larry Torres is an
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages at theUniversity of New Mexico inTaos, New Mexico and has taught Russian, French, Spanish, English,Bilingual Education , andAncient Languages for 32 years. As of 2003 he was the head of the university's Fine Arts and Culture Department. He is regularly recognized for his expertise in theculture andfolklore of northernNew Mexico .Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-2744021_ITM|title=Keeping the Culture Alive|accessdate=2008-06-18|year=2003-01-17|author=Carol Mell|work=Albuquerque Journal] cite book | title=The Nuclear Borderlands: The Manhattan Project in Post-Cold War New Mexico| last=Masco| first=Joseph| date=2006| pages=165| publisher=Princeton University Press| id=ISBN:0691120773]Torres has received a number of awards for his work in the field of education. He was a recipient of the
Walt Disney Corporation's Outstanding National Foreign Language Teacher of the Year Award in 1992.Cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=lq4LAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Larry+Torres%22&dq=%22Larry+Torres%22&lr=&ei=bRRZSLu6HoegiwGT_JClCQ&client=firefox-a&pgis=1|title=Hispanic Link Weekly Report|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=Hispanic Link News Service|year=1983-11-21] In 1993, he received the National Educator Award.Cite web|url=http://www.mff.org/mea/mea.taf?page=recipient&meaID=843|title=Larry Torres|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=Milken Family Foundation|year=1993] He was also a recipient of the Golden Apple AwardCite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-315680_ITM|title=Noted Teacher to Discuss Penitente Brotherhood|accessdate=2008-06-18|year=1997-04-11|work=Albuquerque Journal] for which he received a scholarship andsabbatical to continue his research.Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-321016_ITM|title=Top Educators Finish Sabbaticals|accessdate=2008-06-18|year=1997-01-05|work=Albuquerque Journal] Torres has also been named Outstanding New Mexican of the Year twice.Cite web|url=http://cas.memphis.edu/govschool/07student_handbook.pdf|title=The Governor’s Schools of Tennnessee: Student Handbook|accessdate=2008-06-18|publisher=The University of Memphis|year=2007]In 2005, he was featured on the T.V. show "
Good Morning America " and in 2008 he appeared on NBC's "The Today Show" to discuss the "Taos Hum"Cite web|url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Leisure/17-mitote-2-17-08|title=El Mitote|accessdate=2008-06-18|year=2008-02-16|work=The Santa Fe New Mexican] and the national radio show "America Tonight". He is also a founding member of the Tennessee Governor's School of International Studies with which he has worked closely for 24 years. Torres is the author of "Six Nuevomexicano Folk Dramas for Advent Season"cite book | title=Six Nuevomexicano Folk Dramas for the Advent Season| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xYUEAAAACAAJ&dq=%22Larry+Torres%22&lr=&ei=NhBZSJrODYPijgGt2YClDA&client=firefox-a| last=Torres| first=Larry| date=1999| publisher=University of New Mexico Press| id=ISBN:0826319637] and has contributed to a number of other works.References
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[http://lartor.com/biography.html Larry Torres]
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