Rate My Professor Mario Guerrero

Mario Guerrero is the Chair and Professor of Political Science in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2012, with fields in American Politics and Methodology, an M.A. from the same institution between 2006 and 2008, and a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles between 2002 and 2005. Guerrero joined Cal Poly Pomona in 2012 as an Assistant Professor, advancing to Associate Professor in 2018, Full Professor in 2022, and Department Chair since 2019. Prior to this, he served as a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 2010 to 2012.

Guerrero teaches courses on American politics, including the presidency, Congress, and elections. His research focuses on campaign finance, emerging communication technologies, political behavior, politics and social media, voting, and political communication. Key publications include Chaturvedi and Guerrero (2022), 'Career Preparation and Faculty Advising: How Faculty Advising Can Improve Student Outcomes and Prepare Them for Life After Graduation,' forthcoming in the Journal of Political Science Education; Boyes, Guerrero, Lamb, and Mendoza (2021), 'Preparing for the First Solo Teaching Experience,' in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond; Chaturvedi and Guerrero (2021), 'Success of Research Methods at the Department Level,' in The Palgrave Handbook of Political Research Pedagogy; Conroy, Feezell, and Guerrero (2016), 'Internet Use and Political Participation: Engaging Citizenship Norms Through Online Activities,' Journal of Information Technology and Politics; and Feezell, Conroy, and Guerrero (2012), 'Facebook and Political Engagement: A Study of Online Political Group Membership and Offline Political Engagement,' Computers in Human Behavior. He has received recognition as Professor of the Year and Outstanding Advisor at Cal Poly Pomona, along with the Cal Poly Pomona Outstanding Faculty Advisor award in 2016. Guerrero has held leadership roles such as election to the Academic Senate and its Executive Committee, serving as Interim Faculty Director and faculty fellow for the Office of Undergraduate Research, former president of the American Political Science Association’s Latino Caucus, and member of the Western Political Science Association’s Executive Council. He is also a Ford Foundation Fellow and RAND Faculty Leader, contributing to higher education and civic engagement through undergraduate research mentorship.