Education
University of New Mexico, Ph.D.
University of Texas at El Paso, MA
University of Texas at El Paso, BA
Academic Professionalization
Publications
In progress
Stoltzfus, L. & Flores, J. (forthcoming). From Stitching Seams to Shooting Sinners: A Christian Nationalism Power Couple’s Strategic Gendered Rhetoric. In (Eds.) Braune, J. & Gides, D, On Christian Nationalism.
Published
Armano, E., Briziarelli, M., Flores, J., & Risi, E. (2022). Platforms, Algorithms and Subjectivities: Active Combination and the Extracting Value Process. In (Ed.) Armano, E., Briziarelli, M. & Risi, E. Digital Platforms and Algorithmic Subjectivities, 1 – 18.
Flores, J. & Guillem, S. (2021). Co-constructing conflict: The role of humorous memes in re-creating Donald Trump and his “others.” In (Ed). Filardo – Llamas, L., Morales- López, E. & Floyd, A. Discursive Approaches to Socio-Political Polarization and Conflict, 99 - 121
Flores, J. (2020). The Politics of Social Media: Mediating Ambivalences in the Era of Political Populism. In (Ed.) Kumar, V. Examining the Roles of IT and Social Media in Democratic Development and Social Change, 22 – 54
Briziarelli, M. & Flores, J. (2018). Professing Contradictions: Knowledge Work and the Neoliberal Condition of Academic Workers. tripleC, 16(1).
Briziarelli, M. & Flores, J. (2018). Mediation is the Message: Social Media Ventures in Informational Capitalism. In Chhabra, S. (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement and Social Change in Contemporary Society, 311 – 327.
Conference Presentations
Individual Papers
2023: National Communication Association
Flores, J. – Historicizing the Sudden Explosion of Conspiracy Theories
2021 National Communication Association
Flores, J. – Spectacular Propaganda: The Case of the Texas Nationalist Movement & #Texit
2021 International Communication Association
Flores, J. & Guillem, M. - Conflict and (lack of) Care: The role of humor in memes in recreating Donald Trump and his “others,” co- authored paper
2020 National Communication Association
Individual Paper: The Memes to the End: Affective Labor, (Fetishistic) Political Participation, and Propaganda on behalf of a Trump National Imaginary
Top Student Papers in Political Communication Division
2019 National Communication Association
Individual Paper: Socialization or Radicalization: The role of social media in radical politics of the Alt-Right
Panel Presentation: White passing identity and ways that it can impact activism in the forensics community
2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Media in Transition 10: Democracy and Digital Media
Individual Paper: “Official Statements of the President”: Trump’s authoritarian tactics and the use of Twitter”
2018 National Communication Association
Individual Paper: “Like and Share This!” Nationalism: The 2016 U.S. presidential general election and Russian memes
Individual Paper: The Construction of a Nation: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness in NRATV’s Freedom’s Safest Place
2017 National Communication Association
Individual Paper: “Consider this my trigger warning”: Analyzing perspectives on safe spaces.
2017 Summit on Communication and Sport
Individual Paper: If I could kneel like Kaep: The modern professional athlete as a role model for youth
2015 National Communication Association
Scholar to Scholar: Ferguson: A case study of Twitter as a site of agency construction in social activism.
Panel Chair
2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Media in Transition 10: Democracy and Digital Media – Panel: Twitter and Politics
Invited Talks and Presentations
Presented
“Making the Invisible Approachable: How Platforms Shape, and are Shaped by, Us,” Gonzaga University, 10/7/2023 – Fall Family Weekend Faculty Speaker Series
“The Sudden Pervasiveness of Conspiracy Theories: What can History Tell US?” Colorado State University, 4/21/2023 – Guest Speaker for Dr. Keisuke Kumara
“Algorithms and their (Political) Subjectivities. Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, 11/11/2022 – Guest Speaker for Dr. Keisuke Kumara
“Memes and their Political Relevance.” Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, 10/20/2022 – Guest Speaker for Dr. Keisuke Kumara
“Professional Paths After Graduate School.” Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Spring 2022
“Political Communication in Digital Spaces.” Research Talk presented along Dr. Rebecca Donaway. Gonzaga University, Fall 2021.
“Power and the Power of a Positive No”: An online PowerPoint lesson on assertive communication, Ombuds/Dispute Resolution Services for Faculty Workshop, prepared for presentation at the University of New Mexico, March 27, 2020
“Valued Conflict and Valued Resolution: The Role of Values in Negotiating Conflict,” Ombuds/Dispute Resolution Services for Faculty Workshop, presented at the University of New Mexico, April 19, 2019.
“(Under)Graduate School Mentor Interview and Q&A,” presented at the University of New Mexico Department of Communication and Journalism, Spring 2019.
“A History of Media: Propaganda Then and Now,” presented at the University of New Mexico Department of Communication and Journalism, Fall 2018, C&J 365
Media Appearances
“Interview with Dr. Joseph L. Flores.” Academics & Amigos Podcast, May 22, 2020.
“Conspiracy Theories on Social Media.” KOB TV News, Albuquerque, NM, January 13, 2021.
“As President Biden promotes unity, divisiveness on social media continues.” KOB4 TV News, Albuquerque, NM. January 20, 2021.