Faculty & Staff

Dr. Neil Chaturvedi
Associate Professor of Political Science

Office Phone: 909-869-3884
Email: nschaturvedi@cpp.edu
Office Location: 94-318
Office Hours: M 12:00-2:00pm and by appointment
Full CV

Academic Area

American Politics

Areas of Expertise

Congress, presidency, elections and voting behavior, race and ethnicity

Research Statement

Dr. Chaturvedi is a professor of political science with a focus on American politics. His research and teaching interests include Congress, the Presidency, elections and voting behavior, and race and ethnicity. His research has been published or is forthcoming in Religion and Politics, Politics Groups and Identities, and The Journal of Asian American Studies. Currently, he is working on a book manuscript focusing on the power dynamics in the United States Senate, arguing that despite conventional wisdom and political science logic, centrists in the Senate are more vulnerable than powerful.

Academic Degrees

PhD, University of California, Irvine, 2013
MA, University of California, Irvine, 2010
BA, UC Riverside, 2008

Current Courses

SUMMER 2022

POLITICAL SCIENCE 2010: INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS
The study of the United States and California Constitutions and political philosophies of founders; intergovernmental relations; political institutions and processes; behavior, rights and obligations of citizens within the constraints of the institutions. Meets state requirements for American Institutions.

POLITICAL SCIENCE 4811: CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT
Comparative analysis of the structures and functions of state and local governments, in California. Examination of the relationships among the several levels of government in American federalism. Course fulfills GE Synthesis D4. Course also fulfills American Institutions Graduation Requirement: U.S. Constitution and California Government (Part B) for students with AP credit in American government or U.S. government transfer credit from a University/College outside of California.

Publications

Miller, P. and N.S. Chaturvedi. 2018. "Get out the early vote: co-ethnic mobilization and convenience voting." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties. (Link)

Chaturvedi, N.S. and C. Holloway. 2017. "Postdiluvian? The Effects of Outside Group Spending on Senate Elections After Citizens United and Speechnow.org v. FEC." The Forum, 15(2): 251-268. (Link)

Chaturvedi, N.S. 2017. "Kings of the Hill? An Examination of Centrist Behavior in the U.S. Senate." Forthcoming at Social Science Quarterly. (Link)

Beckmann, M.N., Chaturvedi, N.S., Garcia, J.R. 2017. "Targeting the Treatment: The Strategy Behind Lyndon Johnson's Lobbying." Legislative Studies Quarterly, 42(2): 211-234. (Link)

Chaturvedi, N.S. 2015. "Evaluating Asian American Representation through Bill Sponsors and Cosponsors from 1999 to 2009." Journal of Asian-American Studies, 18(3): 313-346. (Link)

Chaturvedi, N.S. 2014. "The Next Generation? A reexamination of religious influence on Mexican-American attitudes toward same-sex marriage." Politics, Groups and Identities, 2(4): 589-606. (Link)

Chaturvedi, N.S. and O. Montoya. 2013. "Democracy, Oil, or Religion? Expanding Women's Rights in the Muslim World." Politics and Religion, 6(3): 596-617. (Link)