Current Position
Post-doctoral researcher in the EPSULA project and teacher at Tampere University, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences.
Education and degrees awarded
PhD in Philosophy, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University. (2023) Thesis title: In the eye of the beholder: processing, use, and attitudes towards (non-)sexist language in a second language. Joint doctoral degree with Universidad de Alcalá. Minor study programme in University pedagogy studies
PhD in Modern Languages, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Universidad de Alcalá (2023) - Cotutelle agreement
Master's degree programme in English Language and Culture, University of Eastern Finland. (2015). Thesis title: 'Language learning effects on cultural identity: a comparative study of Finnish and Spanish students of English' graded with eximia cum laude approbatur
Licenciatura en Filología inglesa, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid (2012). The studies included English and American literature, Linguistics, British and American Area studies, and English-Spanish translation.
B.A. (Hons.) in Applied Modern Languages, Northumbria University (2011). The studies included Spanish-English translation and interpretation, EFL, British and European Area Studies, and Linguistics. Graduated with a Second Upper Class Honours degree and a distinction in English spoken skills.
Publications
Sanchez-Torres (accepted) 'Finnish and Spanish speakers' attitudes towards gender-fair language in English' in Ed. Pfalzgraf, F. (ed.) Attitudes towards gender-inclusive language. A multinational perspective. De Gruyter
Sánchez-Torres, M. (2023). In the eye of the beholder: processing, use, and attitudes towards (non-)sexist language in a second language. Tampere: PunaMusta Oy, Tampere University. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-03-2806-1
Sánchez-Torres, M. (2020). 'Non-sexist language in multilingual working spaces: the case of Finnish, English and Spanish'. J.S, González-Araujo, V., Álvarez-Delgado, & R.C. Sancho-Rodríguez (eds.) Ethics in Business Communication: New Challenges in the digital world. Peter Lang: Bern, Switzerland, pp 99-117
Conference Papers
July 2018: Panel organizer: 'Ethical issues on persuasive business communication'. Paper title: 'Conscious writing: non-sexist language and/in ethical business discourse held at Alcalá University, in Alcalá de Henares (Spain). Conference: Association for Business Communication (ABC) Europe, Africa and Middle East Regional Conference
September 2018: 'Poet or poetess? Sexist language from the point of view of Finnish and Spanish undergraduate students of English' at Second International Conference on Sociolinguistics: Insights from Superdiversity, Complexity and Multimodality. Organized by Eötvös Loránd University and held in Budapest, Hungary
March 2019: 'Spanish native speakers using (non-)sexist language in English' at the Second International Conference on Bilingualism. Organised by the University of Malta and held in Valletta, Malta
August 2019: 'Finns and Spaniards using (non-)sexist language in English, a comparative study' at The Ninth Biannual Conference of the Finnish Society for the Study of English. FINSSE-9: The Opportunities and Challenges of Interdisciplinarity held in Tampere, Finland.
December 2020: 'El uso del lengua sexista y no sexista en inglés: un estudio comparativo en España y Finlandia' at VIII Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores de la Universidad de Alcalá, Spain.
August 2021 'In the eye of the beholder? Studying ESL speakers' processing, use, and attitudes towards (non-)sexist language' E-poster presented at the 'Brain and Language 2021 Conference' University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 26-27
May 2022: 'The role of the L1 in the use of lexical and grammatical gender in English' presented at the Workshop on Language and Gender held at the Universität Bremen
September 2022: 'Finnish and Spanish speakers' attitudes towards (non-) sexist language in English' presented at 'Attitudes towards gender-inclusive language. A multinational perspective' held online and organised by Queen Mary University of London