J. Cherie Strachan
Anspach Hall 237
phone: (989)774-3593
email: strac1jc@cmich.edu
Vita
Internship Director
J. Cherie Strachan is a new tenure track faculty member from the
State University of New York at Albany. She is the author of
High-Tech Grass Roots, which is the only work to
systematically explore the use and effects of sophisticated
campaign practices in local politics. Conducting research for
this book stimulated her concern for political participation in
the United States. Her current research projects, which explore
the effects of different civic education messages on young
people and political culture’s impact on the construction of
citizenship in gubernatorial campaign and inaugural rhetoric,
continue to address the way communication patterns affect
average citizens’ abilities to participate in the political
process.
Honors Courses
Civil Society & Politics (Spring 2009)
Interest Groups (Spring 2007)
Women & Politics (Fall 2007,
Fall 2008)
Strategic Campaign
Communication (Spring 2008)
Undergraduate Courses
Civil Society & Politics (Master Course Syllabus submitted)
Freshmen Year Experience (Fall 2007)
Deliberative Extracurricular Sessions (for PSC 105, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008)
Political Behavior
Communication in Political Decision Making
Persuasion in Public Relations
Political Parties
Campaigns and Elections
Lobbying/Interest Groups
Mass Media and American Politics
Women in American Politics
Introduction to American Government, Writing Intensive
Communication and Political Science Internships, Writing Intensive
Graduate Courses
Scholarly Traditions in Political Science (Master Course Syllabus submitted)
Introduction to Research Methods (Fall 2008)
Communication in Political Decision-Making
Communication and Citizen Participation
Theories and Research in Political Communication
Lobbying/Interest Groups
Political Science Internships
