Doctor Frida Gorbach is a Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Xochimilco Campus, where she teaches in the undergraduate program in Psychology as well as in the Ph.D. program in Humanities. She has a Doctorate in Art History from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) which resulted in her first book: El monstruo, objeto imposible. Un estudio sobre teratología mexicana (1860-1900) (2008). Her current research topics also emerged from there.

She is about to publish the book Histeria e Historia. Un relato sobre el siglo XIX mexicano (UAM). In which, from a case study, she tries to reflect on the theoretical bases of historical discourse. She has also published several articles on the relationship between natural history, monsters, archeology, and anthropology and on museums and national identity. She edited with Carlos López Beltrán the book Saberes locales: ensayos sobre historia de la ciencia (2008), and with Mario Rufer (In) Disciplinar la investigación. Archivo, trabajo de campo y escritura (Siglo XXI Editores) (2016).