Dr. Flores writes and speaks about the significance of religion in the practice of democracy in a variety of academic, ecclesial, and social contexts. She is a contributing author on the masthead at America: The Jesuit Review of Faith and Culture. Her 2016 Interview with U.S. Catholic magazine, Somos Familia, was awarded Outstanding Interview from the Associated Church Press and Honorable Mention from the Catholic Press Association.
Dr. Flores speaks about Our Lady of Guadalupe, ethics, and political theology at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas in March 2023.
Religion, Theology, and the Public University
What is the role of a public theologian today? (America)
In Jefferson's Shadow: Can Catholic theology thrive at a public university? (America)
Notre Dame: What Saved It, What It Represents and How It Might Be Restored (UVA Today)
UVA Professor Examines Injustice Through a Catholic Lens (UVA Today)
First Class Access (UVA Today)
Q&A: Nichole Flores on Lent and Its Connection to Trendy Diets, Workouts (UVA Today)
Latine Religion, Culture, and Politics
Mr. Peña Returns from Washington: Federico Peña made history as mayor of Denver. Now he is imagining a better church. (America)
Why Dioceses need to support struggling Latino parishes (America)
Guadalupe's Legacy: How a 486-year-old vision of Mary in Mexico continues to influence the church (America)
Somos familia (U.S. Catholic)
Racism, White Supremacy, and Anti-Blackness
What is the role of a public theologian today? (America)
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the dignity of the Black Lives Matter network (America)
When the K.K.K. came to town, Catholics prayed. Now what? (America)
Charlottesville Catholics challenges to confront sin of racism (NCR)
Sex, Gender, and Family
Guadalupe's Legacy: How a 486-year-old vision of Mary in Mexico continues to influence the church (America)
The Invisible Woman: Seeing migrant women through the eyes of Christ (America)
Silence on sexual violence makes church leaders complicit, say victim advocates (NCR)
Q&A: The Social Impact of Pope Francis's Commission on Female Deacons (UVA Today)
Somos familia (U.S. Catholic)
There's beauty in the small things (U.S. Catholic)
Ecology
Netflix's "Chasing Coral" documents an unseen environmental disaster (America)
#Charlottesville
What is the role of a public theologian today? (America)
When the K.K.K. came to town, Catholics prayed. Now what? (America)
Charlottesville Catholics challenges to confront sin of racism (NCR)
In Jefferson's Shadow: Can Catholic theology thrive at a public university? (America)