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Lori Flores is an Associate Professor of History and Core Faculty member at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) at Columbia University. Her research focuses on Latino/x life, labor, and politics in the U.S., with a specialization in food workers, migration, and civil rights activism. She holds a PhD in History from Stanford University (2011) and a BA from Yale University (2005).
Her landmark book Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19 (2025) examines the intersection of food labor and identity, earning major accolades including the International Labor History Association’s Book of the Year. She also co-created the Mexican Restaurants of NYC StoryMap, a digital project tracing Latino food culture in New York.
Flores has received prestigious fellowships from the Russell Sage Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, and others. She is a 2023–2026 Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer. Her teaching includes courses on Latino/x history, labor movements, and oral history methodologies.
- Key Awards: Cherny Prize (2023), OAH Distinguished Lecturer
- Grants: Ford Foundation, Huntington Library Fellowships
- Lab/Team: CSER-affiliated digital humanities projects
