Christine Nemacheck

Alumni Memorial Distinguished Associate Professor of Government

Office: Morton 27
Office Hours: T 2-3:30, F 11-12, and by appt
Email: [[clnema]]
Office Phone: 757-221-3133

Research Interests

Background

Professor Christine Nemacheck joined the Department in 2002. She received her BA in History from the University of Michigan, and her MA and PhD from the George Washington University. She has taught previously at Iowa State University. Her book examining Supreme Court nomination politics, Strategic Selection: Presidential Nomination of Supreme Court Justices from Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush, was published in March 2007. The paperback edition of the book was released in 2008. Her work has also appeared in Congress and the Presidency, Drake Law Review and a number of edited volumes. She is also a recipient of the College's Alumni Fellowship Award for 2007.

Professor Nemacheck has been the College's Pre-Law Advisor since the fall 2007. The Pre-Law Advising website can be found at: www.wm.edu/as/government/prelawadvising.

Courses

Government 372: American Legal Process

Goverment 373: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Government Department Seminars
    Federalism and the United States Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court's Religious Liberties Jurisprudence

William & Mary in Washington Semester Program (fall 2006):  Courting Politics, Politicking the Courts: The Intersections of Law and Politics