Faculty & Staff

Dr. Mario Guerrero
Department Chair & Professor of Political Science

Office Phone: 909-869-3885
Email: mag@cpp.edu
Office Location: 94-303
Office Hours: To be announced
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Academic Area

American Politics, Methodology

Areas of Expertise

Political behavior, elections, public policy, higher education, political communication, social media, new media, teaching pedagogy

Research Statement

Dr. Guerrero is serving in his sixth year as Chair of the Department of Political Science. Dr. Guerrero has served in various leadership positions on campus, leading to research interests in higher education and pedagogy. On campus, Dr. Guerrero has served on the Academic Senate's Executive Committee, chair of the General Education Committee, and chair of the University Council of Chairs.

Dr. Guerrero teaches courses on American politics including research methods, the presidency, Congress, and elections. His research includes work on new media, the political implication of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and other facets of political behavior.

Dr. Guerrero previously served as President of the American Political Science Association's Latino Caucus and as a member of the Western Political Science Association's Executive Council. Dr. Guerrero's work has received recognition from the American Political Science Association and he is a Ford Foundation Fellow. For more information, visit Dr. Guerrero's website.

Academic Degrees

PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
MA, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008
BA, UCLA, 2005

Current Courses

FALL 2024

POLITICAL SCIENCE 3055: ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS

Provide hands-on methods and analytical tools for addressing research questions regarding public policy and political phenomena. Explore diverse approaches to challenges of research in political behavior and government decision making, applying descriptive and inferential statistical analysis using datasets and statistical software.

Publications

Chaturvedi, M., and M. Guerrero. 2022. “Career Preparation and Faculty Advising: How Faculty Advising Can Improve Student Outcomes and Prepare Them for Life After Graduation.” Forthcoming at Journal of Political Science Education.

Boyes, C., M. Guerrero, M. Lamb, M.A. Mendoza. 2021. “Preparing for the First Solo Teaching Experience.” in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, eds. K. Lorentz II, J.M. Hellwege, D.J. Mallinson, D. Phoenix, J.C. Strachan. American Political Science Association. (Link)

Chaturvedi, N., and M. Guerrero. 2021. “Success of Research Methods at the Department Level.” In The Palgrave Handbook of Political Research Pedagogy, eds. D.J. Mallinson, J.M. Hellwege, and E.D. Loepp. Palgrave Macmillian. (Link)

Conroy, M., J.T. Feezell, and M. Guerrero. 2016. "Internet Use and Political Participation: Engaging Citizenship Norms Through Online Activities." Journal of Information Technology Politics, 13(3), 95-107. (Link)

Conroy, M., M. Guerrero, and J.T. Feezell. 2015. "Terms of Engagement: Online Political Participation and the Impact on Offline Political Participation." in J. Vaughn and V. Farrah-Myers, eds., Controlling the Message, New York, NY: NYU Press. (Link)

Guerrero, M. 2014. Book Review of Facebook Democracy: The Architect of Disclosure and the Threat of Public Life by J. Marchial, Political Science Quarterly, 129(1): 156-157. (Link)

Guerrero, M. and A. Rod. 2013. "Engaging in Office Hours: A Study of Student-Faculty Interaction and Academic Performance." Journal of Political Science Education 9(4): 403-416. (Link)

Guerrero, M., 2013. Book Review of "A Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Networking Sites" by Z. Pappichrissi, Information, Communication, & Society, 16(4): 633-634. (Link)

Conroy, M., J.T. Feezell, and M. Guerrero. 2012. "Facebook and Political Engagement: A Study of Online Political Group Membership and Offline Political Engagement." Computers in Human Behavior 28(5): 1535-1546. (Link)

Rahbek-Clemmensen, J., E. Archer, J.D. Barr, A. Belkin, M. Guerrero, C. Hall, and K.E.O. Swain. 2012. "Conceptualizing the Civil Military Gap." Armed Forces and Society 38(4): 669-678. (Link)