Jerry Flores

Jerry Flores is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), affiliated with the Sociology tri-campus graduate department at the University of Toronto-St. George. His research examines how institutions such as schools, detention centers, and policing agencies intersect to shape the lives of at-risk Latinas and Indigenous women/girls in North America, focusing on intergenerational trauma, family violence, and historical oppression.

• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara (2014)

Research Interests include:

• Colonialism and settler colonialism
• Racialization and gendered oppression
• Indigenous cultural preservation
• Prison and juvenile justice systems
• Educational equity and alternative schools
• Intersectionality and ethnographic methods

Publications & Research Trends reveal a focus on:

• Latinx and Indigenous youth in carceral systems
• Mental health and pandemic impacts on marginalized communities
• Surveillance and behavioral control in detention centers
• Critical pedagogy in correctional education
• Intersectional analysis of violence and institutional responses
• Decolonizing methodologies and cultural resurgence

Scientific Awards:

• Ford Foundation Fellowship
• UC President’s Post Doctoral Award
• ASA Section on Youth and Childhood Studies Distinguished Early Career Award

Grants & Contributions: Federal and University-based grants for research on gender, race, and carceral systems. Author of the book Caught Up and peer-reviewed publications, poetry, and news pieces. His work emphasizes advocacy and community engagement with Indigenous and Latinx populations.