Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Flores' research interests include Latin American migration to the United States, the comparative histories of Mexico and the US, and the development of the social sciences during the era of industrialization. He is especially interested in sociological approaches to politics and culture, the competing foundations of truth offered by science and religion, and the transformation of North America's rural communities.

Current Classes:

• On fellowship leave for Fall 2012

Classes Taught:

Undergraduate courses

• AMS/SOC 112, The American Peoples, Honors
• AMS 332, The US in a Global Context
• AMS 344, The School and Society: Mexico and the US
• AMS 344/HIST 510, Great Migrations in American History
• AMS 550, Research Seminar: Larry McMurtry's American West
• AMS 551/2/3, Independent Thesis in American Studies
• AMS 694, Directed Reading in American Studies
• AMS 696/HIST 575, History of Mexico since 1821
• AMS 996, Examination Preparation

Graduate courses

• AMS 696/HIST 575, History of Mexico since 1821
• AMS 801, An Introduction to American Studies
• AMS 803, Research Methods in American Studies
• AMS 997, Directed Readings:
  
  The Art of the Mexican Revolution
  Civil Rights in the American West
  Constructing the Borderlands