Stony Brook Experts
an online search tool for members of the media to identify experts at Stony Brook
Lori FloresAssociate ProfessorHistoryCollege of Arts and Sciences
Biography
Lori Flores' research and writing focus on Latino life, labor and politics, particularly when it comes to Mexican Americans, immigration, the US-Mexico border region, and California. She is an expert on the Bracero Program and Mexican guestworkers, the Farmworker rights movement both before and after Cesar Chavez, undocumented immigration, and the working and social relationships between different groups of Latinos. Her other interests are gender, civil rights, and global borderlands history.
Education
- PhD, Stanford University
- BA, Yale University
Video
News Highlights
December 9, 2021‘It dances in your mouth': why Americans are eating more cilantro than everThe GuardianRead ArticleNovember 3, 2020“Everyone Is Tired of Always Staying Silent”: Inside a Worker Rebellion in the Central
ValleyMother JonesRead ArticleNovember 3, 2020'I Vote Because': Americans Are Sharing Stories of How Their Ancestors Overcame Discrimination
in Order to VoteTime MagazineRead ArticleSeptember 9, 2020Historians Map the Glorious Rise of Mexican Food in New York CityEater NYRead ArticleJanuary 25, 2020Oprah's new book club pick sparks debateFox 5Read Article