Fernando J. Guerra
Director
fguerra@lmu.edu
Fernando J. Guerra is Director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center
for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. Dr. Guerra
served as Assistant to the President for Faculty Resources from
1992-96. He is a Professor of Political Science and Chicana/o Studies,
and has served as Chairman of the Chicana/o Studies Department,
Director of the American Cultures program, and Director of the Summer
in Mexico program. He has been on the faculty at Loyola Marymount
University since 1984.
Dr. Guerra earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from the
University of Michigan. He earned his B.A. in International Relations,
with a University Certificate in Latin American Studies, from the
University of Southern California in 1980. Dr. Guerra was born and
raised in the Northeast section of Los Angeles where he attended
Franklin High School. He is currently a resident of the City of Los
Angeles.
Dr. Guerra has written numerous scholarly articles and has also
contributed to popular publications. His area of scholarly work is in
state and local governance and urban and ethnic politics. He is
currently working on a book on the political empowerment of Latinos in
California.
Dr. Guerra has also served as a source for the mass media. He has been
quoted in approximately 500 news stories by over twenty publications
including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington
Post, La Opinión, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Time
Magazine, Newsweek, Business Week, The Economist, and media outlets in
Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He has appeared on CNN, NBC’s Today
Show, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, Fox National News, and numerous
local television news/public affairs shows, including Life and Times,
where he also served as an occasional co-host.
Dr. Guerra serves as a Gubernatorial appointee to the California
Historical Resources Commission and previously served on the Blue
Ribbon Committee on the Marine Life Protection Act. Locally, he served
as a Mayoral appointee to the Board of Transportation Commission and on
the Board of Rent Adjustment Commission for the City of Los Angeles.
Dr. Guerra has served as a board member of various non-profit
organizations in Los Angeles, such as Southern California Public Radio
(KPCC), The Tidings, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), and
the Center for Non-Profit Management among others. He has been an
active member of professional organizations, such as the American
Political Science Association, the Western Political Science
Association, and the National Association for Chicano Studies. He has
served on the Executive Council of the WPSA and the Executive Council
of the Urban Section of the APSA as well as serving on other APSA
committees. Dr. Guerra has delivered public lectures at Harvard
University; Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley;
University of Southern California; University of California, Los
Angeles; and other universities.
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