Mario Guerrero, Ph.D | Assistant Professor of Political Science

Mario Guerrero is a professor of political science at Cal Poly Pomona, located in the Greater Los Angeles area. Dr. Guerrero specializes in American elections, political communication, and campaign finance.

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Mario Guerrero, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
3801 W. Temple Avenue
Building 94, Room 316
Pomona, CA 91768-4055
Email: mag@cpp.edu
Office: (909) 869-3885
Fax: (909) 869-6995

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Academic Employment

  • Assistant Professor of Political Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, September 2012-present
  • Teaching Associate/Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, June 2010-December 2012

Education

Ph.D.   University of California, Santa Barbara (Political Science, 2012)
M.A.     University of California, Santa Barbara (Political Science, 2008)
B.A.      University of California, Los Angeles (Political Science 2005)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • 2015. With Meredith Conroy and Jessica Feezell, “Terms of Engagement: Online Political Participation and the Impact on Offline Political Participation,” in Justin Vaughn and Victoria Farrah-Myers, eds., Controlling the Message, New York University Press. (Link)
  • 2014. Book review of Facebook Democracy: The Architect of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life by J. Marchial, Political Science Quarterly, 129(1): 156-157. (Link)
  • 2013. With Alisa Rod, “Engaging in Office Hours: A Study of Student-Faculty Interaction and Academic Performance,” Journal of Political Science Education, 9(4): 403-416. (Link)
  • 2013. Book review of A Networked Self: Identity, Communication, and Culture on Social Networking Sites by Z. Pappichrissi, Information, Communication, & Society, 16(4): 633-634. (Link)
  • 2012. With Meredith Conroy and Jessica Feezell. “Facebook and Political Engagement: A Study of Online Political Group Membership and Offline Political Engagement.” Computers in Human Behavior 28(5): 1535-1546. (Link)
  • 2012. With Jon Clemmenson, Emerald Archer, Aaron Belkin, John Barr, Cameron Hall, and Katie E.O. Swain, “Conceptualizing the Civil Military Gap,” Armed Forces & Society 38(4): 669-678. (Link)

Works in Progress

  • Millennials, the Internet Age and Cynicism
  • Facebook and Online Political Socialization
  • Using Facebook Study Groups as a Pedagogical Tool for Political Science Courses

Awards and Honors

  • Provost Teacher-Scholar Award, 2014-2015
  • Kellogg FuTURE Mini-Grant Program Award (with Salvatore Palomino), 2013-2014
  • University Teacher-Scholar Support, 2013-2014
  • Improving the Classroom Experience Grant, 2013
  • Professor of the Year, Political Science Club, 2012-2013
  • Kellogg President’s Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Grant, 2013
  • Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2011-2012
  • Graduate Dean’s Advancement Fellowship, University of California, 2011
  • Best Graduate Student Paper on Technology and Politics, American Political Science Association, 2010
  • Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, 2010
  • Fund for Latino Scholarship Award, American Political Science Association, 2009-2010
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara Resident Hall Association, 2009-2010
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate Student Association, 2009-2010
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara Academic Senate, 2008-2009
  • Summer Fellow, Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences, University of California & National Science Foundation, 2009
  • Manzur-Wesson Award for Best Seminar Paper, University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Political Science, 2008
  • Travel Grant Awards, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008, 2009
  • Department Fellowships, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007, 2008, 2011
  • Fellow, Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences, University of California & National Science Foundation, 2006-2007

Student Awards

  • Winner of the 2014 Cal Poly Pomona Student Research Conference, Patrick Shushereba for “The Swing Vote and the Attitudinal Model of the Supreme Court,” March 7, 2014.
  • 2013-2014 Kellogg FuTURE Mini Grant, Salvatore Palomino for “Legislative Friction: Using Social Network Analysis to Study Partisan Polarization’s Impact on Congressional Productivity,” February 12, 2014.
  • 2013-2014 Kellogg Undergraduate Scholars Program Award, Victor Munoz for “College-Bound Students, Volunteership, and Political Interest,” February 9, 2014.
  • 2013-2014 Kellogg Undergraduate Scholars Program Award, Jesus Navarro for “The Latino Electorate: Their Increasing Role, Impact, and Opportunity,” February 9, 2014.
  • Winner of the 2012-2013 Betty Nesvold Award for Best Graduate Student Paper at the CSU SSRIC Student Research Conference, Kathryn Gruszecki for “Japanese Incumbency: A Focus on Confucian Values and the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan,” May 11, 2013.

Invited Lectures

  • “Town Hall Meeting on Social Media and Politics,” Arsalyn Youth Forums, April 26, 2014
  • “Immigration Debate,” California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, February 13, 2014
  • “State of the Union 2014,” Library Events, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, January 28, 2014
  • “The First Year Experience,” New Faculty Orientation, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, September 17, 2014
  • “Facebook and Politics: Social Media and Engagement,” University of California Sacramento Center, UC Davis, April 25, 2013
  • “Rock the Vote at Cal Poly Pomona,” Cultural Center, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, October 17, 2012
  • “Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates,” Library Events, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, October 3 & 11, 2012
  • “Social Media and California,” Envisioning California Conference, Center for California Studies, September 15, 2012
  • “Facebook Use and Fostering Civic Engagement,” University of Southern California, April
    2010.

Conference Participation

  • “Participation in the Internet Age: The Effect of Spatial Variation on Citizenship Norms” for the Western Political Science Association in Seattle, WA, April 19, 2014.
  • Chair and discussant for “New Research on Shaping Voter Opinions and Preferences” for the Western Political Science Association in Seattle, WA, April 17, 2014.
  • Discussant for “The Power of Information and Interconnectedness in the Global Village” for the Western Political Science Association in Seattle, WA, April 17, 2014.
  • Career Perspectives: From Grad Student to Professor for the 2014 WPSA Latino Politics Workshop, April 16, 2014.
  • “Face-to-Face Versus Online Interaction: Office Hours and Online Study Groups” for the California State University Annual Teaching Symposium in San Marcos, CA, March 8, 2014.
  • “Online Political Socialization and Citizenship Norms” for the American Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, August 29, 2013.
  • “Public Intellectualism: Academics who Engage in Real-Time Politics Using New Media” (moderator), roundtable at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association in Hollywood, CA, March 30, 2013.
  • “Are You Man Enough? The Gendering of Presidential Candidates by Print Media, 1992-2008” (with Meredith Conroy), presented at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association in Hollywood, CA, March 30, 2013.
  • “Using Facebook Study Groups as a Pedagogical Tool for Political Science Courses” (with Alisa Rod), presented at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association Teaching & Learning Section in Long Beach, CA, February 9, 2013.
  • “Terms of Engagement: Online Political Participation and the Impact on Offline Political Participation” (with Meredith Conroy and Jessica Feezell), presented at the annual conference of the Southern Political Science Association in Orlando, FL, January 2, 2013.
  • “Discussant networks, spatial structures, and political donations: Why do people donate to political campaigns,” presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, April 12, 2012.
  • “Party Networks on Twitter: Ideological Extremism?” presented at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association in Portland, OR, March 23, 2012.
  • “More Than Incumbency: Why We Donate to Political Campaigns,” presented at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Washington DC, September 2, 2010.
  • “Online Political Use of the Internet and Differential Forms of Offline Activity,” presented at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association in San Francisco, CA, April 2, 2010.
  • “Facebook is… fostering civic engagement: A study of social networking sites and civic literacy” (with Meredith Conroy and Jessica Feezell), presented at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 6, 2009.
  • “It’s Bush, Stupid: Retrospective Voting in the 2008 Election,” presented at the annual conference of the Southwestern Political Science Association in Denver, CO, April 11, 2009.
  • “How Race and Gender Take a Backseat in the 2008 Presidential Election,” presented at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 21, 2009.
  • “Forecasting Money: Predicting Fundraising from the Major Political Parties,” presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, April 6, 2008.