Prof. Flores successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Guadalupe in the Public Square: Religious Aesthetics and the Pursuit of Justice” at Boston College on Friday, July 17, 2015. This milestone marks the culmination of her doctoral candidacy at Boston College and inaugurates her new role as Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia starting in August.

Dr. Flores celebrates her successful dissertation defense with dissertation director Lisa Sowle Cahill (far left) and committee members Nancy Pineda-Madrid and David Hollenbach, S.J.