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Mary Anne Mendoza is an Associate Professor of Political Science at CPP. Dr. Mendoza is the current advisor for the Model OAS team that travels to Washington DC every Spring semester. She also serves as the Advisor for several clubs including Barkada (the largest Filipinx-American organization on campus),  Sportsfest, & Touzan Taiko. Her research focuses on colonial education policies & separatist rebellion in the Philippines & Burma. Her broader research agenda examines the legacies of empire & the development of nationalism across Southeast Asia. She is currently working on an edited volume concerning descriptive research in Political Science & has published several pieces on pedagogy & mentorship in the discipline.

She holds a Ph.D. & MA in Political Science from UC Irvine & a BA in Political Science with a minor in International Studies from the University of La Verne. She maintains a strong relationship with her alma mater, serving on the Alumni Advisory Board for ULV. She is a former Senior Pedgagogical Fellow of the Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation at UC Irvine. She currently serves as co-organizer of the & Co-Conver for the network. 

Aside from her teaching experience across several universities, Dr. Mendoza has completed advanced pedagogical training & facilitated workshops for both faculty & graduate students on course design, assessment, active learning, & diversity training. She also has several years of experience in private tutoring at the high school & undergraduate level along with nearly a decade of experience in college advising. 

• PLS 1011 - Introduction to Political Science
• PLS 2020 - Introduction to Comparative Government
• PLS 3065 - Qualitative Methods
• PLS 3341 - Empire & Its Discontents
• PLS 3521 - US Foreign Policy 
• PLS 4480 - East Asian Government & Politics 
• PLS 4490 - Southeast Asian Government & Politics 
• PLS 4990 - Special Topics: South Asian Government & Politics 
• CLS 4990 - Model Organization of American States

“Description as Art and (Social) Science,” with Carolyn E. Holmes, Michelle Jurkovich, and Meg K. Guliford. International Politics. 2026.  

“Combining an Icebreaker with Priming Student Learning about Nation-Building" in Short Games and Active Learning in Political Science: Beating the Clock. Ed. Mark Harvey, James Fielder, and Ryan Gibb. Routledge. 2026.

"How Early Career Instructors Benefit From Collaborative Course Design” in Teaching  Political Science and International Relations for Early Career Instructors. Ed.  Misbah Hyder and Michael Murphy. Palgrave Macmillan. 2024.

Mendoza-Davé, Mary Anne S. (2024) "State Institutions in North Philippines versus  South Philippines," in State Institutions, Civic Associations, and Identity  Demands.  

Carolyn E. Holmes, Meg K. Guliford, Michelle Jurkovich, and Mary Anne S. Mendoza Davé. (2024) “A Case for Descriptive Research,” PS: Political Science and  Politics 57 (1).  

Mendoza, Mary Anne, Meg K. Guliford, Carolyn E. Holmes, and Michelle Jurkovich.  (2022). “Telling It Like It Is: Descriptive Research in Social Science.” International History and Politics Section Newsletter.  

Boyes, Christina, Mario Guerrero, Matt Lamb, and Mary Anne S. Mendoza (2022). "Preparing for the First Solo Teaching Experience: An Alternative to Learning as You Go," in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond. 

Mendoza, Mary Anne and Samantha A. Vortherms. (2022). “Building Your Mentoring Network” in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond.

Mendoza, Mary Anne. (2021). “Making Room for Context in a Colonizer’s Archive.” International History and Politics Section Newsletter.  

Mendoza, M.A. (2021). Book Review: Electoral Dynamics in the Philippines:  Money Politics, Patronage, And Clientelism At The Grassroots. Ed, Allen  Hicken, Edward Aspinall, and Meredith Weiss. Pacific Affairs (94) 1.  

Mendoza, M. A. (2021). “When Institutions Reinforce Regional Divides: Comparing Christian and Muslim Colonial Education Policies in the Philippines,” Asian Politics and Policy 13 (1).  

Forthcoming

Why Not Ask What?: Descriptive Inquiry in Political Science. Ed. Carolyn E. Holmes, Michelle Jurkovich, Meg K. Guliford, Mary Anne S. Mendoza. Cornell University Press. 

"Political Incentives in the Minority: The Case of Muslims in the Philippines” in Sectarianization and Intra-Group Muslim Divisions in Southeast Asia and Beyond. Ed. Alexander Arrifianto and Saleena Saleem.