The Weight of the White Coat (UC Press 2025) is based on interviews with 74 self-identified Latina/o doctors and observations with their patients in California.
It will be released on April 29, 2025. You can pre-order the book here.
My book, Latina Teachers: Creating Careers and Guarding Culture (NYU Press 2017) is based on interviews with teachers of various racial/ethnic backgrounds in Compton and Rosemead and inspired by my earlier research with teachers in Santa Ana. You can read more about Latina Teachers here.
You can order a copy here.
*2018 Winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the Race, Gender and Class Section of the American Sociological Association
*2018 Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award from the Latina/o Sociology Section of the ASA, Honorable Mention
See what other scholars are saying about my book:
“Glenda Flores has crafted a milestone study on Latinas in the classroom. Interrogating familiar cultural practices as assets not deficits and Latino parents as allies not obstacles, Professor Flores brings out the ‘difference’ Latina teachers make in racially diverse schools. Moving well beyond a dialectic of European American teacher and Latino student, she deals with the everyday challenges of diversity with white, Latino, African American, and Asian students, parents, educators, and administrators and the types of coalitions and tensions that evolve along interracial lines. Timely, astute, and heartfelt, Latina Teachers is essential reading.”-Vicki L. Ruiz, Distinguished Professor of History and Chicano/Latino Studies
“Vividly detailed, offering stimulating ethnography and insightful analysis of the quiet but important transformations today underway in the classrooms of Latina teachers. Glenda Flores does not shy away from acknowledging the multiple challenges facing Latino children in U.S. schools, but her focus on Chicana/Latina teachers shines light on the unique contributions and doors that these teachers are opening for Latino children. This book makes significant contributions to the sociology of work, race/ethnicity and occupations, and it is a must read for anyone interested in understanding an asset perspective of Latino education.”-Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Professor of Sociology
Gender, Race, and Class in the Lives of Today’s Teachers: Educators at Intersections w/ Lata Murti (Springer Press)
See what other scholars are saying about our book:
“From autoethnographies to pláticas, testimonios and in-depth interviews, this qualitatively rich volume offers powerful and timely insights about the experiences of teachers who are too often overlooked. ” -Gilda Ochoa, Professor of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies
“This illuminating book centers educators’ intersectional subjectivities and lived experiences, bringing to life the radical possibilities of transformative education. It is a much needed resource for anyone invested in understanding and advancing education as a catalyst for equity and social justice.” -Lorena Garcia, Associate Professor of Sociology & Latin American and Latino Studies.