Born in Colon, Panama, raised in San Jose, Costa Rica,
Dr. FLores migrated to the United States in 1965. She was educated in the public schools of
South Central Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Her interests in
psychology emerged from the challenges the process of migration posed to her
family.
Dr. Flores obtained a B.A degree in Psychology from the University of
California, Santa Barbara in 1970. She pursued a Masters Degree in
Community-Clinical Psychology at C.S.U. Long Beach and completed a doctoral
degree in Clinical Psychology at U.C. Berkeley in 1982.
For the past two decades, Dr. Flores has worked as a research psychologist,
university professor, and licensed psychologist. She has done postdoctoral
work in health psychology, in particular substance abuse treatment outcome
research and intimate partner violence. Her current research examines
intimate partner violence among Mexicans on both sides of the border. She
is also part of a NIA funded study of caregiving among spouses and adult
children of Anglo and Latino elderly with dementia. Her publications
reflect her life's work of bridging clinical psychology and Chicano/Latino
studies, as she foregrounds gender, ethnicity and sexualities in her
clinical, teaching and research practices.
Dr. Flores is the mother of two young adults and a passionate traveler.
Curriculum Vitae 2003
Professional Address
University of California, Davis
Chicana/o Studies Program
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California, 95616-8559
(530) 752-2421 (530) 752-4045 FAX (530)
752-8814
Professor
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology
1982 Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: The Impact of Acculturation on the Chicano Family
California State University, Long Beach, Department of Psychology
1975 M.S. Community-Clinical Psychology
Thesis: Career and Academic Guidance for Chicana Adolescence
University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Psychology
1973 B.A. Psychology
Professional experience
Academic:
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2004-
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Professor, Chicana/o Studies Program
(Full Professor 2004)
University of California, Davis
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1995-2004
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Associate Professor, Chicana/o Studies Program
(Full Professor 2004)
University of California, Davis
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1996-1999
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Director, Chicana/o Studies Program
University of California, Davis
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1989-1995
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Assistant Professor, Chicana/o Studies Program
University of California, Davis
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1994
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Senior Fulbright Lecturer, Masters Program in Family Therapy
Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua, Panama City, Panama
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1986-1989
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Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley/Alameda
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1983-1989
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Visiting Faculty, Chicano Studies Program
University of California, Berkeley
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1986-1988
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Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Psychology Program
The Wright Institute, Berkeley, Ca.
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1981-1989
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Adjunct Professor, Graduate Psychology Program
John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, Ca.
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1975-1976
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Visiting Faculty, Psychology Department
California State University, Long Beach, Ca.
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Research:
Current Projects
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2000-
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Family communication and conflict resolution in Mexican couples in
Jalisco and México City. UCMEXUS-CONACYT funded study.
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1999-2000
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Communication and Conflict Resolution in the Urban Mexican
couples.
P.I. México City.
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1997-1999
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Latina Adolescent Identities. P.I. Collaborative Research Project
funded
by the Chicana/Latina Research Center.
U.C. Davis
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Completed Projects (1996-2001)
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1995-1997
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Latina/os Narratives of Intra-family Abuse
Principal Investigator. P.I. Funded by the Chicana/Latina Research Center
U.C. Davis
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1994-1996
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Family Structure and Functioning among Abusive Panamanian Families.
Centro de Atención Familiar, Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua, Panama
Principal Investigator.
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Clinical
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2000-
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Clinical Supervisor. Stride/Circle of Care, Concord, Ca.
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1984-
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Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Private Practice, Berkeley and El Cerrito, Ca.
Adult, adolescent, family, marital therapy.
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Consultation and Evaluation
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2002-
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FINISH! (Dissertation Research Support Seminar), Center for Culture
and Divers
Cerrito
Taught jointly with Susan Wilde, Psy.D., a seminar to assist and support doctoral students in the social and cultural
sciences to make progress and completion of their dissertation projects.
Support, structure, and assistance for all stages of the dissertation for
qualitative, quantitative, and evaluation methodologies. Summer session 4
sessions, academic year 8 sessions.
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1999-
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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Bethesda, Maryland.
Consultant, program evaluator, member of technical assistant team.
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1999-2000
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Bryant Even Start Child Development Program, Program Evaluation,
San Francisco, Ca.
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1997-1999
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John F. Kennedy University, Graduate School of Psychology
PsyD. Program
Developed research sequence for PsyD program
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1994-1999
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Consultant, Policy Research, Inc., a sub-contractor of the Center
for
Substance Abuse Treatment, Women's and Children's Branch.
Evaluations of perinatal residential drug treatment programs.
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1993-
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Diversity Consultant and Trainer
Multiple clients: Kaiser Permanente Foundation,
Clinica De La Raza/Fruitvale Health Project, Inc.,
Alameda County Child Abuse Council, Judicial Council of California,
multiple educational institutions.
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1994-1996
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Consultant, California Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse,
Inc., Sacramento, Ca. Evaluator of the Latina Outreach Campaign for
perinatal services targeting Latinas.
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Editorial Activities
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1993-1999
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Member, Editorial Board Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
(MALCS), Chicana Critical Issues Series.
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1995-1999
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Associate Editor, Voces: Journal of Chicana/Latina Studies
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1990
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Associate Editor, Journal of AIDS Prevention and Research
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Professional Memberships
American Association of University Women
Association for Women in Psychology
Bicultural Association of Spanish Speaking Therapists and Activists
(BASSTA), Charter Member
California Psychological Association
Council of Spanish Speaking Mental Health and Human Service Organizations
(COSSMHO)
Mujeres Activa en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS)
National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACS)
Sociedad Interamericana de Psicologia/Interamerican Society for Psychology
(SIP)
Special Awards and Scholastic Distinctions (1994-2001)
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1999
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Fogarty Research Fellowship to Mexico City, Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de México (UNAM) and Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatría.
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1994
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Fulbright Senior Scholar: Lecturer Santa Maria La Antigua, Department
of Social Sciences, Masters Program in Family Therapy, Panama City, Panama.
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Professional License
Clinical Psychologist
State of California, PSY 9495
Languages
English, Spanish, French