Sennett Institute invites Nichole Flores for insightful discussion on migrant justice
In keeping with Mercyhurst University’s 2024-2025 academic theme of immigration, one of the critical concerns of the Sisters of Mercy, Mercyhurst welcomes Dr. Nichole M. Flores, associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, who will address “Our Lady of Guadalupe and Migrant Justice in a Time of Political Upheaval.”
Flores’ visit is hosted by the William C. Sennett Institute for Mercy and Catholic Studies at Mercyhurst. Her talk, slated for Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. in Walker Recital Hall, is free and open to the public.
“The Sennett Institute is honored to welcome Dr. Flores, whose scholarly work brings much-needed insight—as creative as it is courageous—to the fragile and contested intersections of religious faith and public life,” said Sennett Institute Director Dr. Elizabeth Pyne.
Besides her faculty position, Flores also serves as director of the Catholic Studies Initiative and co-director of the Forum on Religion and Democracy at UVA. She is the author of “The Aesthetics of Solidarity: Our Lady of Guadalupe and American Democracy” (Georgetown University Press, 2021).
She has published essays in the Journal of Religious Ethics, the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, and Modern Theology, among other academic journals and edited book volumes. Her research on La Virgen de Guadalupe and democracy has been profiled on the popular podcasts “Things Not Seen” and “Know Your Enemy” and featured on CBS Saturday Morning.
In 2015, Flores was honored by the Catholic Theological Society of America with the Wڱ Mowry LaCugna Award for best essay in academic theology by a junior scholar.
She earned an A.B. in government from Smith College, a M.Div. from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in theological ethics from Boston College.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Pyne at epyne@mercyhurst.edu or 814-824-2298.