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.

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Controversies in Exit Polling: Implementing a Racially Stratified Homogenous Precinct Approach (with Matt A. Barreto, Mara Marks, Stephen A. Nuño, and Nathan D. Woods), Political Science Faculty Works (2006)

In November 2000, exit poll interviews with voters in Florida indicated that Al Gore won...