Andrea Flores is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in the anthropology of education. Her research interests primarily center on Latino/a youth’s higher educational aspirations and experiences of social belonging.
"Identity and the Second Generation: How Children of Immigrants Find Their Space by Faith G. Nibbs and Caroline B. Brettell, eds.,".
Journal of Anthropological Research . 2017; 73 (1) : 140-142.
Forms of Exclusion: Undocumented Students Navigating Financial Aid and Inclusion in the United States.
American Ethnologist. 2016; 43 (3) : 540-554.
Flores, AndreaEmpowerment and Civic Surrogacy: Community Workers' Perceptions of Their Own and Their Latino/a Students' Civic Potential.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 2015; 46 (4) : 397-413.
James, C., Davis, K., Flores, A., Francis, J. M., Pettingill, L., Rundle, M., & Gardner, H.Young people, ethics, and the new digital media: A synthesis from the GoodPlay Project.
MIT Press. 2009;
Research
Funded Research
2017-2018 Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, American Sociological Association (with Lisa M. Martinez, Edelina Burciaga, Kevin Escudero, Joanna Perez, and Carolina Valdivia)
2014-2015 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
2014-2015 Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowship
2012-2013 Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund Grant
2010-2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship