Lisa Flores

Lisa Flores is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri, within the College of Arts and Science. Her research focuses on career development, diversity in STEM fields, and systemic barriers faced by underrepresented groups in higher education and professional settings. Flores leads a clinical psychology lab investigating topics like invisibility in vocational contexts, retention of Latinx engineers, and structural competencies in counseling practice.

Her work integrates social cognitive career theory with critical race theory and intersectionality frameworks. Notable contributions include developing assessment tools like the Career Support Scale for Women in Engineering (CSS-WE) and the Negative Outcome Expectations Scale in Engineering (NOES-E). Flores has secured grants for longitudinal studies on engineering student retention and led initiatives to improve academic-climate metrics for underrepresented minorities.

Recent research emphasizes workplace diversity challenges, particularly for women and people of color in technical fields. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and serves on editorial boards for journals like Journal of Counseling Psychology and Journal of Latinx Psychology. Flores' teaching focuses on counseling psychology, career development interventions, and culturally responsive pedagogy.