D.B.A, Northcentral University
M.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham
B.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Subject Areas: Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, SHRM
Dr. Barbara Torres is an Associate Professor in the Business Division at Peirce College. She has 10 years of experience in higher education, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in human resources, management, marketing, and entrepreneurship, in online, face-to-face, and hybrid formats.
Dr. Torres is an Army veteran, having served for five years as a broadcast journalism and public affairs specialist. Her tours included Fort Gordon, Georgia; Wainwright, Alaska; and she served a one-year deployment in Afghanistan, where she developed and produced a weekly newscast called “Inside Afghanistan”.
These experiences led to the development of her professional interests, including the business side of media. Dr. Torres previously worked at a television station in Birmingham, Alabama, and a radio station cluster, in Pensacola. She was previously a Business Instructor and Academic Department Head at Pensacola State College in Pensacola, Florida.
Dr. Torres earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Studies and her Master of Arts in Communication Management at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned her Doctorate of Business Administration, with a concentration in marketing, from Northcentral University.
Dr. Torres lives in Navarre, Florida, and enjoys singing, reading, boating, and weightlifting in her free time
Contact Barbara Torres, D.B.A.: batorres1@peirce.edu