Mary Currin-Percival
EXPERTISE:
Elections and Political Participation, Public Opinion, Teaching and Learning in Political
Science
EMAIL:
mary.currinpercival@sjsu.edu
CONTACT INFORMATION:
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0119
OFFICE HOURS:
Coming Soon
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 2006
CURRICULUM VITAE:
Coming soon
BACKGROUND:
Mary Currin-Percival earned her PhD in Political Science at the University of California,
Riverside in 2006. Her main areas of research are public opinion, political participation,
and teaching and learning in political science. She and co-authors Larry Gerston,
Terry Christensen, and Garrick Percival are completing the 15th edition of California
Politics and Government: A Practical Approach, which will be published in January
2021. Her work has also appeared in journals including Journal of Political Science
Education, PS: Political Science and Politics, State and Local Government Review,
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, International Migration, and Newspaper
Research Quarterly. Her teaching interests include research methods, campaigns and
elections, the presidency, politics and film, American and California government and
politics, and campaign advertising. She also serves as the Director of the Institute
for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (IPACE) and for SJSU Votes! an on-campus voter
registration, mobilization, and education initiative https://www.sjsuvotes.org. She
also serves as the faculty advisor for Pi Sigma Alpha, Epsilon Iota chapter and as
the Political Science Department Internship Coordinator. In her spare time, Professor
Currin-Percival loves playing board games with her family, practicing Tae Kwon Do
with her son Ethan, cooking, listening to music, cycling, hiking, and traveling.