Education -Research Interests - Service Activities - Awards - Grants - Recent Publications

Education

Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 1999
Major: Counseling Psychology

M.S.Ed., University of Kansas, 1994

B.S. Texas A&M University, 1992
Major: Psychology

Research Interests

The career development of women and people of color, particularly Mexican American individuals. My research program focuses on the educational and career development of Mexican Americans. Specifically, I am interested in understanding the decision-making process and identifying those factors that facilitate and impede their achievement. I am particularly concerned with Mexican American adolescents and young adults because this is a time when they are making educational and career decisions that may significantly impact their future. I am also interested in the applications of social cognitive career theory to the career development and educational achievement of Mexican Americans. Other interests include multicultural counseling and training and gender issues.

Service Activities

Editorial Board Member:

The Counseling Psychologist, 2003-2005
Journal of Career Development, 2003-2004
Career Development Quarterly, 2004-Present
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005-Present

Editor

Journal of Career Development, 2005-Present

Treasurer, Section for the Society of Vocational Psychology, Division 17 of the American Psychological Association

Co-Chair, American Psychological Association Dvision 17 Program Committee (2006-2007)

Co-Chair, National Latino Psychology Association Program Review Committee, National Latino Psychology Conference. (2004)

Co-Chair, American Psychological Association Division 17 Task Force on Mentoring Graduate Students and New Professionals. (2004-2005)

Member/Reviewer, American Psychological Association Division 35, Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award Committee. (2003)

Chair, American Psychological Association Division 17 Hospitality Suite Committee. (2002-2003)

Faculty Mentor, Louis Stokes Missouri Alliance for Minority Participants, University of Missouri. (Summer, 2003)

Member, Advisory Board, Academic Retention Services, University of Missouri. (2003-Present)

Member, Advisory Committee, McNair Scholars Program, University of Missouri. (2003-Present)

Member, Multicultural Studies Committee, University of Missouri. (2003)

Awards

Emerging Multicultural Psychology Scholar, University of Notre Dame's Conference on Culture and Diversity (2004)

Isabelle Lyda Professorship, College of Education, University of Missouri (2003-2005)

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lackland Air Force Base, Wilford Hall, San Antonio, TX. (February, 2002)

APA (Division 17) Barbara A. Kirk Award (2000)

ACPA (Commission VII) Joan Dallum Research Award (2000)

Outstanding Program Award (Machismo and Marianismo: A Discussion on Latino and Latina Stereotypes), Student Gender and Sexuality Services, The Ohio State University (2000)

Grants

The Ohio State University, University Seed Program. (January, 2001). Received funding to pursue a study titled, "Career Development of Mexican American Young Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis". (Funded, $20,000)

American Psychological Association, Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training. With Roger W. Worthington and Kathleen Boggs, received funding to develop a research workshop series to recruit Latino/as into psychology graduate study. (Funded, $4,000)

University of Missouri, Alumni Association Faculty Development Incentive Grant. With Suzanne Burgoyne, Peggy Placier, Sharon Welch, and Liza Zanetti, applied for a grant to pursue a study titled "An Exploratory Investigation of the Influence of Interactive Theater for Faculty Development on Dimensions of Multicultural Teaching Competencies: A Pilot Study". (Funded, $1,900)

U. S. Department of Education. (May, 2004). Received funding to pursue a study titled, "State Policy, Multicultural Teacher Education, and Student Learning" with Motoko Akiba (P.I.), Karen Cockrell and Juanita Simmons (Co-P.I.'s). (Funded, $99,828)

University of Missouri, Research Council Grant. (December, 2004). Received funding to pursue a study titled, "Role of Social Class in Adolescents' Career Development" with Mary Heppner, Meghan Davidson, Anne Scott, and Kelli Moran-Miller. (Funded, $3,943)

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Constantine, M. G., & Flores, L. Y. (2006). Career-related mediators of perceived family conflict and psychological distress in college students of color. Journal of Career Assessment, 14, 354-369.

Flores, L. Y., Ojeda, L., Huang, Y., Gee, D., & Lee, S. (2006). The relation of acculturation, problem solving appraisal, and career decision-making self-efficacy to Mexican American high school students’ educational goals. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 260-266.

Flores, L. Y., Spanierman, L. B., Armstrong, P. I., & Velez, A. D. (2006). Validity of the Strong Interest Inventory and Skills Confidence Inventory with Mexican American high school students. Journal of Career Assessment, 14, 183-202.

Flores, L. Y., Navarro, R. L., Smith, J., & Ploszaj, A. (2006). Testing a model of career choice nontraditionality with Mexican American adolescent men. Journal of Career Assessment, 14, 214-234.

Flores, L. Y., Carrubba, M. D., & Good, G. E. (2006). Feminism measures: Examining psychometric properties with Mexican American adolescent women. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 28, 48-64.

Flores, L. Y., & Obasi, E. M. (2005). Mentors’ influence on Mexican American students’ career and educational development. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 33, 146-164.

Flores, L. Y., & Ali, S. R. (2004). When will we start fertilizing the brown spots? An urgent and (hopefully) final call to vocational psychologists. The Counseling Psychologist, 32, 578-586.

Nilsson, J. E., Berkel, L. A., Flores, L. Y., & Lucas, M. S. (2004). Utilization rate and presenting concerns of international students at a university counseling center: Implications for outreach programming. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 19, 49-59.

Nilsson, J. E., Berkel, L. V., Flores, L. Y., Love, K., Wendler, A., & Mecklenburg, E. (2003). Content analysis of articles published in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 1990-2000. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 611-616.

Flores, L. Y., Scott, A. B., Wang, Y. W., Yakushko, O., McCloskey, C. M., Spencer, K. G., & Logan, S. A. (2003). Annual review: Practice and research in career counseling and development-2002. Career Development Quarterly, 52, 98-131.

Cohen, L. M., Morgan, R. D., DiLillo, D., & Flores, L. Y. (2003). Why was my major professor so busy? Establishing an academic career while pursuing applied work. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 88-94.

Flores, L. Y., Spanierman, L. B., & Obasi, E. M. (2003). Professional and ethical issues in career assessment with diverse racial and ethnic groups. Journal of Career Assessment, 11, 76-95.

Flores, L. Y., Byars, A., & Torres, D. M. (2002). Expanding career options and optimizing abilities: The case of Laura. Career Development Quarterly, 50, 311-316.

Flores, L. Y., & Heppner, M. J. (2002). Multicultural career counseling: Ten essentials for training. Journal of Career Development, 28, 181-202.

Flores, L. Y., & O'Brien, K. M. (2002). The career development of Mexican American adolescent women: A test of social cognitive career theory. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 49, 14-27.

O'Brien, K. M., Bikos, L. H., Epstein, K. L., Flores, L. Y., Dukstein, R. D., & Kamatuka, N. A. (2000). Enhancing the career decision-making self-efficacy of upward bound students. Journal of Career Development, 26 (4), 277-293.

Flores, L. Y., Rooney, S. C., Heppner, P. P., Douglas, L., & Wei, M. F. (1999). Trend analyses of major contributions in The Counseling Psychologist cited between 1986-1996: Impact and implications. The Counseling Psychologist, 27, 73-95.

Flores, L. Y., & Spanierman, L. B. (1999). An examination of a culturally sensitive university career center: Outreach, services, and evaluation. Journal of Career Development, 25, 111-122.

Heppner, P. P., Rooney, C., Flores, L. Y., Tarrant, J., Howard, J., Mulholland, A., Turner, S. L., Thye, R., Stendahl, A., Hanson, K., & Lilly, R. (1999). Salient effects of practice poster sessions on counselor development: Implications for research training and professional identification. Counselor Education and Supervision, 38, 205-217.

Rooney, S. C., Flores, L. Y., & Mercier, C. (1998). Making multicultural education effective for everyone. The Counseling Psychologist, 24, 22-32.

O’Brien, K. M., Heppner, M. J., Flores, L. Y., & Bikos, L. H. (1997). The career counseling self-efficacy scale: Instrument development and training applications. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 44, 20-31.

Heppner, M. J., O’Brien, K. M., Hinkelman, J. M., & Flores, L. Y. (1996). Training counseling psychologists in career development: Are we our own worst enemies? The Counseling Psychologist, 24, 105-125.

Book Chapters

Flores, L. Y., Navarro, R. L., & Ojeda, L. (2006). Career counseling for Latinas. In W. B. Walsh & M. J. Heppner (Eds.), Handbook of Career Counseling for Women (pp. 271-313). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Press.

Flores, L. Y., Lin, Y. J., & Huang, Y. P. (2005). Using the multicultural guidelines in career counseling with people of color. In M. G. Constantine & D. W. Sue (Eds.), Strategies for Building Multicultural Competence in Mental Health and Educational Settings (pp. 73-90). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Flores, L. Y., & Morgan, R. D. (2005). Doctoral institutions: On the other side of the fence. In R. D. Morgan, T. L. Kuther, & C. Habbin (Eds.), Life After Graduate School in Psychology: Insider's  Advice From New Psychologists (pp. 29-44). New York, NY: Psychology Press.

Worthington, R. L., Flores, L. Y., & Navarro, R. L. (2004). Career development in context: Research with people of color. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Career Development and Counseling:  Putting Theory and Research to Work (pp. 225-252). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Delgado-Romero, E. A., Flores, L. Y., Gloria, A., Arredondo, P., & Castellanos, J. (2003). Developmental career challenges for Latino/a faculty in higher education. In L. Jones & J. Castellanos (Eds.), The Majority in the Minority: Expanding the Representation of Latino/a Faculty, Administrators and Students in Higher Education (pp. 257-283). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Flores, L. Y., & Obasi, E. M. (2003). Positive psychological assessment in an increasingly diverse world. In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychological assessment (pp. 41-54). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.