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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 Pedagogical Fellow of the Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation at UC Irvine. She currently serves as co-organizer of the & Co-Convener 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

Books

1. Why Not Ask What?: Descriptive Inquiry in Political Science. Edited by Carolyn E. Holmes, Michelle Jurkovich, Meg K. Guliford, & Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé. Cornell University Press, Forthcoming.

Articles

1. Holmes, Carolyn E., Meg K. Guliford, Mary Anne S. Mendoza-Davé, and Michelle Jurkovich. "Description as Art and (Social) Science." International Politics. Forthcoming.
2. Holmes, Carolyn E., Meg K. Guliford, Mary Anne S. Mendoza-Davé, and Michelle Jurkovich. "A Case for Description." PS: Political Science & Politics57, no. 1 (2024).
3. “When Institutions Reinforce Regional Divides: Comparing Christian and Muslim Colonial Education Policies in the Philippines.” Asian Politics and Policy 13, no.1 (2021).
4. Frank et al. “The Far-Right Challenge to the EU: Recapturing the EU Narrative.” European Review of Transatlantic Affairs 2 (2016).
5. “A Case for the European Citizens’ Initiative Amidst the Perceived Democratic Deficit of the EU. Review of European and Transatlantic Affairs 1, no. 2 (2015).
6. Canapa, et al. “Reform of the European Citizen Initiative, Part II. Review of European Transatlantic Affairs 1, no. 1 (2015).

Book Chapters

1. "Political Incentives in the Minority: The Case of Muslims in the Philippines.” In Sectarianization and Intra-Group Muslim Divisions in Southeast Asia and Beyond. Edited by Alexander Arrifianto and Saleena Saleem. Forthcoming.
2. “Combining an Icebreaker with Priming Student Learning about Nation-Building.” In Short Games and Active Learning in Political Science: Beating the Clock, edited by Derek Glasgow, Mark Harvey, Ryan Gibb, and James Fielder. Routledge, 2026.
3. "How Early Career Instructors Benefit from Collaborative Course Design." In Teaching Political Science and International Relations for Early Career Instructors, edited by Michael Murphy & Misbah Hyder. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2024.
4. "State Institutions in North Philippines versus South Philippines." In State Institutions, Civic Associations, and Identity Demands: Regional Movements in Southeast Asia, edited by Amy H. Liu & Joel Salwat Selway. The University of Michigan Press, 2024.
5. Boyes, Christina, Mario Guerrero, Matt Lamb, and Mary Anne S. Mendoza. "Preparing for the First Solo Teaching Experience: An Alternative to Learning as You Go.” In Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, edited by Kevin G. Lorentz II, Daniel J. Mallinson, Julia Marin Hellwege, Davin Phoenix, J. Cherie Strachan. American Political Science Association, 2022.
6. Mendoza, Mary Anne and Samantha A. Vortherms. “Building Your Mentoring Network.” In Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, edited by Kevin G. Lorentz II, Daniel J. Mallinson, Julia Marin Hellwege, Davin Phoenix, J. Cherie Strachan. American Political Science Association, 2022.

Additional

1. Mendoza, Mary Anne, Meg K. Guliford, Carolyn E. Holmes, and Michelle Jurkovich. “Telling It Like It Is: Descriptive Research in Social Science.” International History and Politics Section Newsletter.
2. “Making Room for Context in a Colonizer’s Archive.” International History and Politics Section Newsletter.
3. 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, no. 1 (2021).

In Progress

1. Yoo et al. “Surveying Hard-to-Reach Communities: Evidence from a Multilingual Asian America Survey.” (Under review)
2. Yoo et al. “"Multilingual Survey Sampling Strategies for Minority Populations." (Under review)
3. “Who Gets A Say? : Collaborative Course Design Across Different Student Years”
4. Jap, Jangai & Mary Anne S. Mendoza. “Colonial Legacies, Missionaries and Identity Formation in Southeast Asia”
5. Emery, John R. & Mary Anne S. Mendoza. “The Battle of Manila 1945: Ethics of War and Tensions of American Empire”