CURRICULUM VITAE
FERNANDO J. GUERRA, Ph.D.
Address:
Loyola Marymount University
7900 Loyola Blvd, University Hall
Los Angeles, California 90045-8365
Phone:
(Work) [310] 338-4565
(Home) [310] 216-9440
E-Mail Address:
fguerra@Imu.edu
(Fax) [310] 338-5970
(Fax) [310] 216-0998
EDUCATION:
Ph.D
(1990)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Department of Political Science
Dissertation: "Ethnic Politics in Los Angeles:
The Emergence of Black, Jewish, Latino and Asian
Officeholders, 1960-1989."
M.A.
(1982)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Department of Political Science,
Master's Thesis: "U.S. Foreign Policy and Central America:
Recurring Patterns Among U.S. Administrations."
B.A.
(1980)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
B.A. in Political Science and International Relations,
University Certificate in Latin American Studies,
Sophomore Semester abroad - International Institute,
Madrid, Spain.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1996 to
Present
Director, Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles; California
1992 to
1996
Assistant to the President For Faculty Resources
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
1988 to
1996
Chairman, Department of Chicano Studies
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
1991 to
present
Associate Professor, Department of Chicano Studies and
Political Science
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
C.V./Fernando J. Guerra -- 2
1989-1993
Director, Summer in Mexico Program, Cuernavaca
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
1993-1995
Director, American Cultures Program
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
1987-1991
Assistant Professor, Department of Chicano Studies and
Department of Political Science
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles California
1984-1986
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Chicano Studies and
Department of Political Science
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
Spring 1984
Lecturer, Department of Political Science
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
"Latino Politics in California: The Necessary Conditions for Success," in Michael
Preston, Bruce Cain, and Sandra Bass (eds.), Racial and Ethnic Politics in California,
Volume Two, (Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, 1998).
"Minority Electoral Representation Patterns During the Pat Brown Years," California
Politics & Policy, (Los Angeles: Edmund G_ "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs,
California State University, Los Angeles, 1997)
"Theory, Reality, and Perpetual Potential: Latinos in the 1992 California Elections." with
Luis Fraga in Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Louis DeSipio (eds.), Ethnic Ironies: Latino
Politics in the 1992 Elections. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996), pp. 253-277.
" The Career Paths of Minority Elected Politicians: Resemblance and Differences" in
Shirley Williams and Ted Lasher (eds.), Ambition and Beyond: The Career Paths of
American Politicians (Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, 1993).
"Conditions Not Met: California Elections and the Latino Community" in Rodolfa O. de
la Garza and Louis De Sipio (eds.), From Rhetoric to Reality: Latino Politics in the 1988
Elections (Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1992), pp. 99-107.
"The Emergence of Ethnic Officeholders in California," in Byron Jackson and Michael
Preston (eds.), Racial and Ethnic Politics in California. (Berkeley: Institute of
Governmental Studies Press, 1991).
"Ethnic Officeholders in Los Angeles County." Sociology and Social Research,
Volume 71, No. 2 (January 1987).
C.V./Fernando J. Guerra -- 3
"Ethnic Officeholders and Party Activists in Los Angeles." with Dr. Dwaine Marvick,
Working Papers in the Social Sciences, Institute for Social Research, UCLA, Los
Angeles, California, Volume 2, No. 12 (1986-87).
BOOK REVIEWS:
Rev. Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority by Peter Skeny (New York: Free
Press, 1993.), in Lisa Magana (ed.) Mexican Americans: Are They an Ambivalent
Minority? (Claremont, CA: Tomas Rivera Center, 1994)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
"How many Angelenos can dance on the head of a pin?" Los Angeles Times, September,
16, 2001
"Poll: Southland split on future" Daily News, August 9, 2001
"Who'll be the Latino Supervisor?" Los Angeles Times, January 13, 1991.
"Gaining Political Power," Los Angeles Times, November 21, 1987.
"Jackson Shouldn't Count on L.A. Latino Vote," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, May 22,
1988.
PRESENTATIONS
"Redistricting and Coalition Politics in the Greater Los Angeles Region." Re-carving
California, Implications for the San Gabriel Valley. Redistricting Conference, San
Gabriel Valley Public Affairs Network, October 18, 2001.
"The Region from a City Perspective." California Contract Cities Association, Newport
Beach, CA, September 22,2001.
"Ministries Survey Re-Visited and Evaluated." Jesuit Hispanic Ministry Conference,
Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside, CA, January 15, 2001.
"Post-Mortem Election 2000." Panelist "Overview 2000", University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA, November 16, 2000.
"The Latino Vote in November: Trends, Predictions, and Impacts." William C. Velasquez
Institute's 15'h Anniversary Latino Issues Conference, Los Angeles, California, October
20,2000.
"Vote Yes on LA." American Guest speaker, Citizens Club Installations of Officers, Los
Angeles, CA, February 12, 2000.
C.V./Fernando J. Guerra -- 4
"New Los Angeles Leadership." Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Retreat,
Laguna Niguel, California, July 22-24, 1999.
"The Challenge of Our Cultural Inheritance." Panel, Mapping L.A.: A Global Prototype,
The John Paul Getty Museum, Research Institute for the History of Art and the
Humanities, Los Angeles, California, June 7, 1999.
"Holding Elective Office in California: The Storms of Transition." The Edmund G. "Pat"
Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles The 6th
Annual California Policy Issues Conference. Conflict, Change & Continuity:
Implications of 1998 Election Results for California's Diverse Communities. Los
Angeles, California, November 19, 1998.
"Adapting to the `New' California? Democrats and Republicans." The Edmund G. "Pat"
Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles. The 6t'
Annual California Policy Issues Conference. Conflict, Change & Continuity:
Implications of 1998 Election Results for California's Diverse Communities. Los
Angeles, California, November 18, 1998.
C.V.IFernando J. Guerra -- Page 4
"Public Finance and Infrastructure in Southern California." The 4' Annual California
State And Local Institutional Investors Conference. Sponsored by California State
Treasurer Matt Fong. Los Angeles Airport Hilton, Los Angeles, CA, November 12, 1998.
"Hello, Is Anyone Home? Does Polling Capture the Latino Vote?" with the California
Legislature Latino Legislative Caucus' Conference: "The Latino Vote 1998: Are Latinos
Being Counted or Counted Out?" Las Angeles, California, October 20, 1998.
"California: Proposition 187 and its Aftermath." Conference, Politics of Identity: The
Latino Struggle for Language and Immigration Rights, Florida International University,
Miami, Florida, April 5, 1997.
"The Latino Vote in 1996: An Analysis and Prospects for 1998." Southwest Voter
Registration Education Project Conference, Los Angeles, CA, June 13-14, 1997.
"Los Angeles Residents Public Opinion: Five Years After the Disturbances/Riots..
College of Humanities' Film and Lecture Series, California State University, Northridge,
May 1, 1997.
"Latino Issues in California." Califomia Bishops Conference, Orange, CA, March 11,
1997.
"The Politics of Education Reform in Los Angeles," 24th Annual Meeting, Urban Affairs
Association, New Orleans, March 2-5,1994.
C.V./Fernando J. Guerra -- 5
"Gridlock is Not Enough: California Politics for the 21st Century," Sixth Annual
California Studies Conference, Oakland, California, February 12, 1994.
"The Political Response to Riots: How Candidates for City Office and the City
Bureaucracy Responded or Not," with Michael Preston, presented at the Conference:_
Beyond Los Angeles: Urban America at the Crossroads. Sponsored by The Center for the
Study of Chicano Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 28, 1994.
"The Career Path of Minority Elected Politicians: Resemblances and Differences."
Presented at a Conference on the Career Paths of Politicians, Institute of Politics, John F.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
December 8, 1989.
"The Impact of Electoral Systems on Minorities and Women in California Cities." 85th
Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, August 31,
1989.
"Latinos and the 1988 Election in California" Conference on Latinos and the 1988
Elections, sponsored by the Center for Mexican-American Studies, University of Texas,
Austin, April 22, 1989.
"Ethnic Officeholders in California" 43rd Annual Meeting, Western Political Science
Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 1989.
"Black, Jewish and Latino Representation in Los Angeles," 41st Annual Meeting,
Western Political Science Association; Anaheim, California, March 1987.
"Ethnic Officeholders and Party Activists in Los Angeles" with Dr. Dwaine Marvick,
Conference on Minorities in the Past-Industrial City, held at UCLA on May 9, 1986
under the auspices of the Institute for Social Science Research, UCLA.
"Latino Political Development in Los Angeles County, 1960-1984" with Dr. Richard
Santillan XIII Annual National Association for Chicano Studies Conference, Sacramento,
California, March 1985.
RESEARCH DIRECTED:
"Palmdale Airport Survey - Los Angeles World Airport." Principal InvestigatorDesigned,
Implemented and Annelid for survey of 950 residents in Northern Los Angeles County,
May 1998.
"Greenline Passenger Behavior - Los Angeles World Airport." Principal Investigator Designed, Implemented and Analyzed survey of 538 Greenline Shuttle bus passengers
and Park & Ride users, April 1998.
C.V./Fernando J. Guerra -- 6
"Building a Multicultural Environment* $600,000 grant from The James Irvine
Foundation to Loyola Marymount University, 1993-96.
"Starmwater Education Campaign." Los Angeles County Public Works Department.
Designed, implemented and analyzed survey of 2,400 residents of Los Angeles County,
February 1995.
"Los Angeles County Quality of Life." Various Los Angeles County Departments.
Designed, implemented and analyzed survey of 600 registered voters in Los Angeles
County, May 1995.
"Proyecto Vecino" $5,000 grant from Vons Companies to direct students to undertake a
community needs assessment of Lennox, California, Spring 1996.
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES:
Member, Board of Transportation Commissioners, City of Los Angeles, 1994-Present.
Member, Board of Rent Adjustment Commissioners, City of Los Angeles, 1993-1994.
Member, Rebuild L.A. Task Force, "Racial Harmony and Ethnic Discourse," 1992.
Member, Los Angeles-Mexico City Sister City Committee, 1990-1992.
Member, Ethnic Community Advisory Committee, South Coast Air Quality Management
District, 1991-1993.
Executive Council Member, Western Political Science Association, 1992-1995.
Executive Council Member, Urban Section, American Political Science Association,
1992-1995.
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.
Board of Directors, California Center for Education in Public Affairs, Inc., 1990-Present.
Board of Directors, Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the Arts, 1990-1992.
Committee on the Status of Latinos in the Profession, American Political Science
Association, term 1990-1992.
Board of Directors, Hispanic Leadership Alumni Network (HiLAN), term 1988-1990.
C.V./Fernando J. Guerra -- 7
Committee on the Status of Chicanos in the Profession, Western American Political
Science Association, term 1988-1990.
Advisory Committee, Bilingual Special Education Grant, Loyola Marymount University.
Advisory Board Member, Skirball Institute
Member, Center for Nonprofit Management
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Political Science Association
National Association for Chicano Studies
Western Political Science Association
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
Pacific Council on International Policy
National Civic League