Raquel Torres
Toronto, Canada
Education
- Master of Educational Technology (MET) – University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, CAN)
- Bachelor of Business Administration – eBusiness – Texas Christian University, M.J. Neeley School of Business (Fort Worth, TX, USA)
- Graduate Certificate, Technical Communication (High Honours) – Seneca College (Toronto, ON, CAN)
Teaching Experience
Instructor (Contract, Sessional) –Seneca College
- Taught upper-division course for York neca’s collaborative Professional Writing program within the School of Media.
- Taught upper-division courses in varied terms for Seneca’s Technical Communication program within the School of English and Liberal Studies, Faculty of Communication, Art & Design.
- Taught introductory English courses within the School of English and Liberal Studies.
- Professor for:
- PWR481 – Multimedia Authoring and Practices -(Introductory HTML/CSS, WordPress authoring, Min. 2700 words upper-division writing portfolio)
- TCN807 – Document Design (Adobe InDesign)
- EAC149 – English and Communications
- EAC397 – Business Report Writing
Spanish Instructor (Foreign Language Teaching Practicum) – Florida Atlantic University
- Taught SPN 1120 – Beginner Spanish Language & Culture 1 to first-year university students using a systematic plan of lectures, case studies, presentations and group projects.
Technology & Other Skills
- Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Premiere Pro, DreamWeaver
- Analytics: Adobe Omniture, Sprout Social, Hootsuite, RivalIQ, Meltwater
- LMS: Blackboard, Canvas, Camtasia, Moodle, instructional design
- Marketing Automation & CRM: Salesforce, Pardot, Envoke, ConstantContact, Mailchimp, email automation
- MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Publisher, Visio, Outlook
- Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Hootsuite, SproutSocial
- AEO: Conductor
Writing & Publications
- Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU) Connections Magazine – Grocery Bills and Gas Tanks: The Hidden Stressors Impacting Engagement and Solidarity
- Mary Couts Burnett Library. Special Collections (TCU Honors Papers 2003, Vol. 4). Graduation Thesis: Punto com : Latino demographics and the Internet: an analysis of the online preferences of the Hispanic market based on an axiological consumer value framework.