Cherie Maestas

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions

Tel: 850.644.7328
Office: 569 Bellamy Building
Email: cmaestas@mailer.fsu.edu

Background:

Ph.D. University of Colorado, 2000

Research Agenda:

My research interests focus on questions of representation. I am particularly interested in understanding how electoral rules and legislative institutions shape competition for office and incentives for legislative behavior. I am a co-PI on the Candidate Emergence Study, a multi-year project that examines the competition in U.S. House races and the decision process of strong potential candidates as they consider running for office. I am also collaborating on a project that examines the long term effects of Hurricane Katrina on public opinion and public policy as a means
of understanding how major events create the preconditions for punctuated policy change. Details about the Hurricane Katrina project can be found here.

Undergraduate Courses:

POLS 4424: Legislative Systems

Graduate Courses:

POLS POS 5424: Legislative Politics