Chera LaForge

Associate Professor, Political Science
Tom Raper Hall 244
(765) 973-8304
calaforg@iue.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
• M.A., Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
• B.S., Economics and Political Science, Northern Michigan University, 2006
  

Current Teaching Interests

Introduction to American Politics, Campaigns and Elections, US Congress

Current Research interests

Congress, Legislative Behavior, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Schmitt, Carly, Chera LaForge, and Hanna K. Brant. 2019. “Drinking the Tea: The Tea Party Movement and Legislative Agendas in the US Senate.” Congress & The Presidency 46(1): 60-88.
• Trammell, Beth and Chera A. LaForge. 2017. “Common Challenges for Instructors in Large Online Courses: Strategies to Mitigate Student and Instructor Frustration.” Journal of Educators Online 14(1): 10-19.
• LaForge, Chera, Kristoffer Rees, Lilia Alexander, and Ross Alexander. 2017. “Political Science: Engaging Students through Effective Instruction and Course Design in Political Science.” In Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning across Academic Disciplines, ed. Ross Alexander. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University Press.

Selected Media Appearances

• Indiana Business Journal: “Trump Could Continue to be Big Focus in Braun v. Donnelly Race for Senate.”
• Vox: “Mike Braun Wins Indiana’s Republican Senate Primary, After Outspending His Opponents.”
• Vox: “Indiana’s Expensive and Nasty Republican Senate Primary, Explained.”

Selected Academic Awards/Recognitions

• LEAP Indiana Faculty Fellow, 2018-2019
• Campus Election Engagement Grant, Indiana Campus Compact, Fall 2018
• Faculty Academy for Excellence in Teaching (FACET), Indiana University, Inducted 2017

Link to website: http://pages.iu.edu/~calaforg/