Henry Flores, Ph.D.

Henry Flores, Ph.D., is a Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School at St. Mary's University. Dr. Flores has served as the departmental chairperson for two terms and directed both Graduate Programs in Public Administration and Political Science. He has taught classes at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in public administration, public policy, urban politics, and research methods and statistics.

Since 1986, Dr. Flores has served as an expert witness in more than 50 federal voting and civil rights lawsuits including serving as the statistical testifying expert in NAACP v. Harris which focused on the presidential challenge in Florida in 2000. Dr. Flores has been active with many community-based organizations such as COPS, Metro Alliance in San Antonio, LULAC, NAACP, MALDEF, the Southwest Voting Registration Project, and the Esperanza Environmental Justice Project. During state redistricting efforts in 2001, he was a senior policy analyst with the William C. Velasquez Research Institute, providing research on the racially polarized nature of the Texas electorate.

Dr. Flores is the author of "The Evolution of the Liberal Democratic State With a Case Study of Latinos in San Antonio, Texas" (2003) and coauthor of "Mexican Americans and the Law" (2004) with three other colleagues.

Dr. Flores was recently honored by the School of Law for his work in Chicano civil rights. He was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution and continued dedication to Latino voting rights issues. Dr. Flores is President-elect of the Association of Texas Graduate Schools. He will serve his term as President from 2013 to 2014.

A native San Antonian, Dr. Flores graduated cum laude in 1974 from St. Mary's University with a bachelor's degree in political science. He received both his master's degree and doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in political science.