Lisa Y. Flores

Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999, in Counseling Psychology

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

B.S. from Texas A&M University, 1992, in Psychology

Journal Articles

Valdivia, C., & Flores, L. Y. (in press). Factors affecting the job satisfaction of Latino/a immigrants in the Midwest. Journal of Career Development.

Huang, Y. P., & Flores, L. Y. (in press). Exploring the validity of the Problem Solving Inventory with Mexican American high school students. Journal of Career Assessment.

Ojeda, L., Flores, L. Y., & Navarro, R. L. (in press). Social cognitive predictors of Mexican American college students’ academic and life satisfaction. Journal of Counseling Psychology.

Moran-Miller, K., & Flores, L. Y.  (in press). Where are the women in women’s sports? Predictors of female athletes’ interest in a coaching career. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.

Flores, L. Y., Ramos, K., & Kanagui, M. (2010). Applying the Cultural Formulation Approach to Career Counseling with Latino/as. Journal of Career Development, 37, 411-422.

Flores, L. Y., Robitschek, C., Celebi, E., Andersen, C., & Hoang, U. (2010). Social cognitive influences on Mexican Americans' career choices across Holland's themes. Journal of Vocational Psychology, 76, 198-210.

Obasi, E. M., Flores L. Y., & James-Myers, L. (2009). Construction and initial validation of the Worldview Analysis Scale. Journal of Black Studies, 39, 937-
961.

Flores, L. Y. (2008). Introduction to special issue: Innovative methodological advances in career development research and practice. Journal of Career Development, 35, 3-4.

Valdivia, C., Dozi, P., Jeanetta, S., Flores, L. Y., Martinez, D., & Dannerbeck, A. (2008). The impact of networks and the context of reception on asset accumulation strategies of Latino newcomers in new settlement communities in the Midwest. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 90, 1319-1325.

Flores, L. Y. (2008). Career development research and practice with diverse cultural and gender groups. Journal of Career Development, 34, 215-217.

Flores, L. Y., Navarro, R. L., & Dewitz, J. (2008). Mexican American high school students’ post-secondary educational goals: Applying social cognitive career theory. Journal of Career Assessment, 16, 489-501.

Ojeda, L., & Flores, L. Y. (2008). The influence of generation level, parents’ education level, and perceived barriers on the educational aspirations and expectations of Mexican heritage high school students. Career Development Quarterly, 57, 84-95.

Flores, L. Y. (2007). Introduction to the special section. Journal of Career Development, 34, 3-4.

Rivera, L. M., Chen, E. C., Flores, L. Y., Blumberg, F., & Ponterotto, J. G. (2007). The effects of perceived barriers, role models, and acculturation on the career self-efficacy and career consideration of Hispanic women. Career Development Quarterly, 56, 47-61.

Navarro, R. L., Flores, L. Y., & Worthington, R. L. (2007). Mexican American middle school students’ goal intentions in mathematics and science: A test of social cognitive career theory. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54, 320-335.

Burgoyne, S., Placier, P., Thomas, M., Welch, S., Ruffin, C., Flores, L. Y., Celebi, E., Azizan-Gardner, N., & Miller, M. (2007). Interactive theater and self-efficacy.New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007 Issue 111, 21-26.

Nilsson, J. E., Flores, L. Y., Berkel, L. A., Schale, C. L., Linnemeyer, R. M.,& Summer, I. (2007). International career articles: A content analysis of four
journals across 34 years. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70, 602-613.

Flores, L. Y., Berkel, L. A., Nilsson, J. E., Ojeda, L., Jordan, S. E., Lynn, G. L.,& Leal, V. M. (2006). Racial/ethnic minority vocational research: A content and trend analysis across thirty-five years. Career Development Quarterly, 55, 2-21.

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. 

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.

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. 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, 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. (2009). Empowering life choices: Career counseling in the contexts of race and class. In N. C. Gysbers, M. J. Heppner, & J. A. Johnston (Eds.), Career Counseling: Contexts, Processes, and Techniques (pp. 49-74). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Heppner, P. P., Neville, H., & Flores, L. Y. (2008). Counseling psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia: The development of an integrative multicultural training model. In J. L. White & S. J. Henderson  (Eds.), Building Multicultural competency: Development, Training, and Practice (pp. 67-79). NY: Jason Aronson/Rowman.

Burgoyne, S., Placier, P., Thomas, M., Welch, S., Ruffin, C., Flores, L. Y., Celebi, E., Azizan-Gardner, N., & Miller, M. (2007). Interactive theater and self-efficacy. In M. Kaplan & A. T. Miller (Eds.), Scholarship of Multicultural Teaching and Learning (pp. 21-26). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

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.

Primary Investigator, Persistence in Engineering Academic Majors and Entry-Level Engineering Jobs: A Comparison of White and Latino/a Men and Women, National Science Foundation, Gender in Science and Engineering Program, (R. Navarro, Co-P.I; R. Jacquez, Co-Investigator), 2010-2013, $520,341.

Primary Investigator, A 10-Year Longitudinal Study of Mexican Americans’ Career Development, Research Council Grant, 2009-2010, $7,104.

Primary Investigator, A 10-Year Longitudinal Study of Mexican Americans’ Career Development, Consulting Psychologist Press Research Advisory Board, 2009-2010, (contributed up to 650 2004 SII/SCI and 100 1994 SII online administrations and interpretative reports for longitudinal study and test-retest project).

Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award, Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of the American Psychological Association (2008)

Outstanding Graduate Advisor/Mentor, College of Education, University of Missouri (2007)

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)

American Psychological Association Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, Division Representative, 2009 National Multicultural Summit and Conference  Planning Committee (2007-2009)

Faculty Fellow, Cambio Center, University of Missouri (2004-Present)

Conference Chair, Cambio de Colores Conference (2007-2008)

Member, Campus Climate Task Force, University of Missouri (2005)

Faculty Mentor, Gallup Summer Strengths Research Institute (Summer, 2007)

Faculty Mentor, McNair Scholars Program, University of Missouri (2005-2006; 2007-2008)

Faculty Mentor, Multicultural Teaching Scholars Program, University of Missouri (Summers 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)

Faculty Mentor, Louis Stokes Missouri Alliance for Minority Participants, University of Missouri. (Summers 2003, 2004)

Member, Advisory Board, Academic Retention Services, University of Missouri. (2003-2005)

Member, Advisory Committee, McNair Scholars Program, University of Missouri. (2003-2006)

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

Co-Chair, American Psychological Association Division 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)

Current Advisees:

David Aguayo, Master’s Student
http://education.missouri.edu/profiles/student/tdp-aguayo-david.php

Denise Bike, Doctoral Student

Adipat Chaichanasakul, Doctoral Student

Wen-hsin Chang, Master’s Student

Patton Garriott, Doctoral Student
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pattongarriott

Hang Shim Lee, Doctoral Student

Monique Mendoza, Doctoral Student

Megan Strawsine, Doctoral Student

Former Students:

Christie Andersen, M.S.Ed.
Former Master’s Student
Career Development Specialist
Columbia College Chicago
http://www.colum.edu/careerdevelopment

Elif Celebi, Ph.D.
Former Doctoral Student

Tsu-Lun Huang
Former Master’s Student
Dual Master Degree Program, MU & National Taiwan Normal University
http://amyhuang.co.cc/

Yu-Ping Huang, M.S.Ed.
Former Master’s Student
University of Florida, Doctoral Student

Yi-Jiun Lin, Ph.D.
Former Doctoral Student
Staff counselor
The Counseling Center
University of Maryland-College Park
301-314-7651
counseling.umd.edu

Stephanie Logan, Ph.D.
Former Doctoral Student
Director, L.E.A.D.

Veronica Leal McClean
Former  Student, Ohio State University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Our Lady of the Lake University

Ellen Mecklenburg
Former Master’s Student, Ohio State University

Ezemenari Obasi
Former Master’s Student, Ohio State University
Associate Professor, University of Georgia

Lizette Ojeda, Ph.D.
Former Doctoral Student
Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology Program
Department of Educational Psychology
Texas A&M University
http://directory.cehd.tamu.edu/view.epl?nid=lizetteojeda

Karina Ramos
Former Master’s Student
University of Oregon, Doctoral Student

Debora Rivera
Former Master’s Student