Fernando J. Guerra, Ph.D.

Loyola Marymount University • 1 LMU Drive, University Hall 4119 • Los Angeles, California 90045-8365

 

Phone

(Work) [310] 338-4565 • (Fax) [310] 338-5970

 

E-Mail Address

fguerra@lmu.edu

 

                       

Ph.D. - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1990)

Department of Political Science

Dissertation: "Ethnic Politics in Los Angeles:The Emergence of Black, Jewish, Latino and Asian Officeholders, 1960-1989."

 

M.A. - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1982)

Department of Political Science

Master's Thesis: "U.S. Foreign Policy and Central America: Recurring Patterns Among U.S. Administrations."                               

 

B.A. - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (1980)

B.A. in Political Science and International Relations                

University Certificate in Latin American Studies, Sophomore Semester abroad - International Institute, Madrid, Spain.

 

Assistant to the President for Faculty Resources, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 1992-1996

Chairman, Department of Chicana/o Studies, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 1988-1996

Associate Professor, Department of Chicana/o Studies and Department Political Science, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles,California, 1991-2009

Director, American Cultures Program, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 1993-1995

Director, Summer in Mexico Program, Cuernavaca, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 1989-1993

Assistant Professor, Department of Chicana/o Studies and Department of Political Science, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles California, 1987-1991

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Chicana/o Studies and Departmente Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 1984-1986

 

Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 1984

 

 

“Los Angeles Votes for President: Exit Polls of the 2008 Presidential Primary and National Elections in the City of Los Angeles”. 2-year Research Grant from The Haynes Foundation. December 2007-Present. Co-Principal Investigator. $76,347.  

“Resident Perceptions of Los Angeles Fifteen Years After the Riots”. Grants from various sources. 2007. Co-Principal Investigator. $50,000.

“The Leadership Initiative: Education Sector”. 4-year Grant from The Bank of America Foundation. September 2006-Present.  Co-Principal Investigator. $200,000.

“Surveys of Latino Issues in the United States”.  Latino Policy Coalition Grant. 2004-2007. Principal investigator. $40,000.

“Los Angeles Votes for Mayor: Exit Poll of June 2005 Los Angeles Municipal Election”. Grants from various sources. 2005. Co-Principal Investigator. $35,000.

“Survey of Absentee Voters in California Recall Election”. Grants from various sources. 2003. Co-Principal Investigator. $30,000.

“Wrather Family Papers”. Archiving Grant from the Wrather Family Foundation. 2003. Lead Grant Writer. $145,000.

“Resident Perception of Los Angeles Ten Years After the Riots”. Grants from various sources. 2002.Principal Investigator. $45,000.

“Which Way LA Audio Tapes”. Archiving Grant from the Haynes Foundation. 2002. Co-Principal Investigator. $45,086.

“Rebuilding the Dream: A New Housing Agenda for Los Angeles”. Washington Mutual Foundation Grant. 2002. Co-Principal Investigator. $75,000. 

“LEARN Papers”. Archiving Grant from the Haynes Foundation. 1999. Co-Principal Investigator. $25,000.

“Palmdale Airport Survey of Residents in Northern Los Angeles County”. Los Angeles World Airports. May 1998. Co-Principal Investigator. $49,500.

“Greenline Passenger Behavior Survey of Los Angeles Residents”. Los Angeles World Airport. April 1998. Co-Principal Investigator. $49,500.

“Resident Perception of Los Angeles Five Years After the Riots”. Grants from various sources. 1997. Principal Investigator. $45,000.

"Stormwater Education Campaign Survey of Los Angeles Residents".  Los Angeles County Public Works Department. February 1995. Principal Investigator. $40,000.

"Los Angeles County Quality of Life: Perspectives from Voters and Los Angeles County Departments”. May 1995. Principal Investigator. $40,000.

“Resident Perception on the Quality of Life in Los Angeles”. Grants from various sources. 1995. Principal Investigator. $28,500.

“Research Collection for the Center for the Study of Los Angeles”. 3 year Grant from the Weigand Foundation, 1994-1997. Principal Investigator. $245,000.

"Building a Multicultural Environment". Grant from The James Irvine Foundation to Loyola Marymount University, 1993-96. Lead Grant Writer. $600,000.

 

Articles

 

Guerra, Fernando J., Barreto, Matt A., Marks, Mara, Streb, Matthew. (2006). "Do Absentee Voters Differ From Polling Place Voters? New Evidence From California". Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 224-234.

Guerra, Fernando J., Barreto, Matt A., Marks, Mara, Nuno, Stephen, Woods, Nathan D. (2006). "Controversies in Exit Polling: Implementing a Racially Stratified Homogenous Precinct Approach”. PS, Political Science & Politics, Vol. 39, pp. 477-483.

Guerra, Fernando J. (1997). “Minority Electoral Representation Patterns During the Pat Brown Years”. California Politics & Policy, Vol.1, No. 2, pages 93-99.

Guerra, Fernando J., (1987) “Ethnic Officeholders in Los Angeles County”. Sociology and Social Research, Vol. 71, No. 2, pages 89-94, January.

Book Chapters

 

Guerra, Fernando J., Barreto, Matt, Ramirez, Ricardo, Fraga, Luis. (Forthcoming). “Why California Matters: How California Latinos Influence the Presidential Election”. In Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Louis DeSipio and David Leal (Eds.) Beyond the Barrio: Latinos in the 2004 Elections. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.

Guerra, Fernando J., Nuno, Stephen A. (2007). “Political Representation and Resident Perceptions of the City of Los Angeles”. Los Angeles, State of the City Report. Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs; Los Angeles, California.

Guerra, Fernando J. (2003). “Minority Electoral Representation Patterns During the Pat Brown Years”. In Martin Schiesl (Ed.), Responsible Liberalism: Edmund G. “Pat” Brown and Reform Government in California, 1958-1967. Los Angeles, CA: Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Institute of Public Affairs, California State University, Los Angeles, CA.

Guerra, Fernando J. (1998). “Latino Politics in California: The Necessary Conditions for Success”.  In Michael Preston, Bruce Cain, and Sandra Bass (Eds.), Racial and Ethnic Politics in California. Vol. Two, Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Press

Guerra, Fernando J., Fraga, Luis. (1996). "Theory, Reality, and Perpetual Potential: Latinos in the 1992 California Elections". In Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Louis DeSipio (Eds.), Ethnic Ironies: Latino Politics in the 1992 Elections. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp. 253-277.

Guerra, Fernando J. (1995). “Ethnic Officeholders in Los Angeles County”. In Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (Ed.), Latinos in The United States- History, Law, and Perspective. Garland Publishing, Inc. pp. 151-155.

Guerra, Fernando J. (1993). “The Career Paths of Minority Elected Politicians: Resemblances and Differences”. In Shirley Williams and Edward L. Lascher Jr. (Eds.), Ambition and Beyond: Career Paths of American Politicians. Berkley, CA: Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, Berkeley. pp. 231-252.

Guerra, Fernando J. (1992) “Conditions Not Met: California Elections and the Latino Community”. In Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Louis DeSipio (Eds.), From Rhetoric to Reality- Latino Politics in the 1988 Elections. Westview Press. pp. 99-107.

Guerra, Fernando J. (1991). "The Emergence of Ethnic Officeholders in California". In Byron Jackson and Michael Preston (Eds.), Racial and Ethnic Politics in California. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, Berkeley. pp. 117-131.

Guerra, Fernando J., Marvick, Dwaine. (1986). “Ethnic Officeholders and Party Activists in Los Angeles County”. Institute for Social Science Research, Vol. 2- Minorities in the Post-Industrial City, 1986-1987.

Reports, Working Papers and Research Notes

 

Guerra, Fernando J., Magnabosco, Jennifer L., Nuno, Stephen, Marks, Mara, Barreto, Matt. (2008).  Los Angeles Votes for President: 2008 Presidential Primary Preliminary Topline Results. The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California.

Guerra, Fernando J., Marks, Mara, Barreto, Matt, Nuno, Stephen, Magnabosco, Jennifer L., Woods, Nathan D. (2007). 2007 Los Angeles Riots 15th Anniversary Resident Follow Up Survey Report: April 23, 2007 Final Topline Results. The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles CA.

Guerra, Fernando J., Magnabosco, Jennifer L., Nuno, Stephen. (2006). New Americans Exit Poll. Working Report, Los Angeles, CA, December.

Guerra, Fernando J., Marks, Mara A., Barreto, Matt, Nuno, Stephen, Woods, Nathan. (2005). Los Angeles Votes for Mayor: May 2005 General Election, Final Topline Results. The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.

Guerra, Fernando J., Marks, Mara A., Barreto, Matt, Nuno, Stephen, Woods, Nathan. (2005). Los Angeles Votes for Mayor: March 2005 Primary Election, Final Topline Results. The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.

Guerra, Fernando J., Marks, Mara A. (2002). Ten Year Resident Follow Up Survey of the Los Angeles Riots: Report and Final Topline Results. The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.

Guerra, Fernando J., Marks, Mara A. (2001). “Rebuilding the Dream: A New Housing Agenda for Los Angeles”.  Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Working Paper, October.

Guerra, Fernando J., Marks, Mara A. (2001). “Quality of Life in Southern California: Public Opinion Survey of Residents in the SCAG Region”. Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Working Paper.

Guerra, Fernando J. (1997). Five Year Resident Follow Up Survey of the Los Angeles Riots: Report and Final Topline Results. The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.

 

Fernando Guerra is regularly quoted in local,  national and international print media, and regularly appears on radio and television stations as an academic expert and as a researcher and Director of The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles. He has appeared on CNN, ABC World News, CBS Evening News, NBC’s Today Show, Time, Economist, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR, plus an additional 1000 appearances or quotes. Only quotes in the Spring of 2008 are listed below.     

 

“The Black-Brown Divide”. Time, 26 January 2008.

“Super Tuesday, Latino watershed”. The San Francisco Chronicle, 7 February 2008.

“Latinos’ clout emerges in big vote for Clinton”. The San Jose Mercury News, 7 February 2008.

“Hillary Clinton had Latino voters in her corner in California”. San Bernardino County Sun, 7 February 2008.

“The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University Announces Initial Results from Its 2008 Presidential Primary Exit Poll in the City of Los Angeles: Angelenos Say War and Change Are Keys to the Presidency”. Forbes, 7 February 2008.

“The Emerging Minority”. The New York Times, 2 March 2008.

 “L.A., city unions deadlocked over contract reopener”. LA Daily News, 9 March 2008.

 

Fernando Guerra has moderated over 100 panels on a variety of issues about Los Angeles for The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles’ annual Urban Lecture Series since 2000. The Series is part of a multi-disciplinary curriculum for Loyola Marymount University students and is aired multiple times into over 1 million Los Angeles city resident households.

Fernando Guerra has participated in over 500 panels, lectures, and presentations for Academic, Civic, and non-profit organizations. 

 “Future Trends Impacting Land Use”, Guerra, Fernando J.LAFCO: California’s Future is our Business, California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions, Los Angeles, California, September 4, 2008.

“Organizing for Action – First Research, then Action, Ultimately Justice”, Guerra, Fernando J.City Year, Los Angeles, California, September 3, 2008

“Emerging Issues in Los Angeles”, Guerra, Fernando J. Presentation for the Rotary Club of Playa Sunrise, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2008.    

“City of Tomorrow, Civic Involvement and Collective Action”, Guerra, Fernando J. Presentation for the LAX Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2008.    

“Urban Change in Los Angeles”, Guerra, Fernando J. Presentation for the Southern California Leadership Network, Leadership Southern California Class of 2007 Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, October 26, 2007.    

“The Effects of Proposition 209: Ten Years Later”, Guerra, Fernando J. Los Angeles Urban League Young Professionals, Los Angeles, California, October 17, 2007.

“Leadership, Politics and Ethnic Relations in the City of Dreams, Los Angeles”, Guerra, Fernando, J.  Southern California Leadership Network, Los Angeles, Leadership Southern California, Class of 2007 Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, October 2007.

“Justice for All”, Guerra, Fernando J. Panel Moderator. Envisioning California Conference, Center for Southern California Studies, Los Angeles, CA. September 19, 2007.

“Do Absentee Voters Differ From Polling Place Voters? New Evidence From California”, Guerra, Fernando J., Barreto, Matt, Marks, Mara, Streb, Matthew. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 1, 2004.

Guerra, Fernando J. Envisioning California Conference, Center for Southern California Studies, Universal City, California, September 25, 2003.

“The Mechanisms of Absorption: The Role of Government in Processing Immigrants”, Guerra, Fernando J. To the Promised Land: Immigrants in California and Israel, Milken Institute, Santa Monica, California, June 16, 2003.

“Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles?  Race and Racial Attitudes a Decade After the 1992 Riots”, Guerra, Fernando J., Barreto, Matt, Woods, Nathan.  Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Denver, Colorado, March 27-30, 2003.

“Diversity in Los Angeles”, Guerra, Fernando J.  State Farm Insurance Sponsored Event, Los Angeles, California, February 4, 2003.

“Structures Matter, but Leadership Matters More: The Practice of Politics in a Fragmented Region”, Guerra, Fernando J. Annual John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Conference, “Reform LA Style: The Theory and Practice of Urban Government at Century’s Turn,” University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning and Development, September 19-20, 2002.

“Housing Issues Facing the San Gabriel Valley”, Guerra, Fernando J.  Housing Summit of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, Diamond bar, California, April 27, 2002.

“Local Elected Officials’ Opinions Regarding Regional Cooperation”, Guerra, Fernando J.  Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Long Beach, California, March 22-23, 2002.

“The State of Public Opinion: Quality of Life in Southern California”,  Guerra, Fernando J.  Southern California Associations of Governments Regional Council. "Redistricting and Coalition Politics in the Greater Los Angeles Region,” November 1, 2001.

"The Latino Vote in November: Trends, Predictions, and Impacts", Guerra, Fernando J. William C. Velasquez Institute's 15^th Anniversary Latino Issues Conference, Los Angeles, California, October 20,2000.

“Hello, Is Anyone Home?  Does Polling Capture the Latino Vote?”, Guerra, Fernando J. with the California Legislature Latino Legislative Caucus’ Conference:  “The Latino Vote 1998: Are Latinos Being Counted or Counted Out?”, Los Angeles, California, October 20, 1998.

 SELECTED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

Loyola Marymount University

• Member, Search Committee, For Faculty of Department of Political Science, Various
• Member, Search Committee, For Faculty of Department of Chicana/o Studies, Various
• Member, Search Committee, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, 2007
• Member, Search Committee, University Relations Directors of Development, 2007, 2005, 2003 
• Member, Alpha Sigma Nu, 2004-Present
• Member, University Core Curriculum Committee, 1992-1996
• Member, Search Committee, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, 1994
• Member, Board of Directors, Marymount Institute for Faith Culture and the Arts, 1990-1992
• Member, Advisory Committee, Bilingual Special Education Grant, 1989
• Member, Executive Board, Mexican American Alumni Association, 1988-Present
• Member, Latino Faculty Association, 1995-Present
• Member, Special Admissions Committee, 1989-1992
• Member, Committee on Ethnic Minority Faculty Affairs, 1992-1996

Professional Organizations

• President, Board of Directors, California Center for Education in Public Affairs, Inc., 2008-Present           
• President, Board of Directors, Southern California Political Science Association, 2008-Present
• Member, Statewide Leadership Council, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), 2008-Present
• Member, Board of Advisors, Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise, USC School of Public Policy, 2006-Present
• Member, Editorial Board, PS, Political Science & Politics, 2007-Present
• Member, Editorial Board, California Politics and Policy, 2000-2007
• Member, Editorial Board, Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 1999-2006
• Chair, Race and Ethnic Issues Program Section, Western Political Science Association, 1995, Meeting, Portland, Oregon
• Chair, Race and Ethnic Issues Program Section, Western Political Science Association, 1993, Meeting, Pasadena, California
• Member, Executive Council, Western Political Science Association, 1992-1995
• Member, Executive Council, Urban Section, American Political Science Association, 1992-1995
• Member, Board of Directors, California Center for Education in Public Affairs, Inc., 1990--Present
• Member, Committee on the Status of Latinos in the Profession, American Political Science Association, 1990-1992
• Member, Committee on the Status of Chicanos in the Profession, Western Political Science Association, 1988-1990

Government

• Gubernatorial Appointee, California State Historical Resources Commission, 2006-Present
• Gubernatorial Appointee, Blue Ribbon Committee, Marine Life Protection Act, 2005
• Member, Benchmark Task Force, Southern California Association of Governments, 2002-Present
• Mayoral Appointee, Board of Transportation Commissioners, City of Los Angeles, 1994-2001
• Mayoral Appointee, Board of Rent Adjustment Commissioners, City of Los Angeles, 1993-1994
• Member, Community Advisory Committee, South Coast Air Quality Management District, 1991-1993
• Member, Los Angeles-Mexico City Sister City Committee, 1990-1992

 

Community

• Member, Board of Directors, The Tidings Newspaper, 2008-Present
• Member, Board of Directors, Southern California Public Radio, 2006-Present
• Member, Advisory Board, Skirball Institute, 1995-2000
• Member, Board of Directors, Center for Nonprofit Management,1990-1998
• Member, Rebuild L.A. Task Force, "Racial Harmony and Ethnic Discourse," 1992

 

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Political Science Association
• National Association for Chicano Studies
• National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials           
• National Civic League
• Pacific Council on International Policy
• Southern California Political Science Association
• Western Political Science Association