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Assistant Professor (by courtesy)

• Affiliation(s)

  • Assistant Professor and Honors Coordinator, Organizational Studies

• Fields of Study

  • American Government and Politics
  • Organizational Theory
  • Public Policy and Administration
  • Methods

• About

  Michael Heaney examines the organizational dimensions of American politics. His research focuses on the role of intermediary institutions -- especially interest groups, political parties, and social movements -- in shaping the political process and policy outcomes. How do these institutions build support, grow over time, and co-evolve with one another? Michael pays particular attention to social network structures in providing answers to these questions. He is engaged in a variety of projects along these lines, including studies of health care lobbying, the contemporary American antiwar movement, the behavior of national convention delegates, and the emergence of the Chicago School of Political Science.

  Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Michigan, Michael received a Ph.D. in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of Chicago in 2004. He held a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University in 2004-2005. From 2005-2009 he was Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. In 2007-2008, Michael was the William A. Steiger Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association, during which time he worked on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce under Chairman John D. Dingell.

  Please refer to Michael Heaney's CV  for a complete list of publications.

• Education

  • University of Chicago, Ph.D. (Political Science and Public Policy)
  • Yale University, Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004-2005)
  • Indiana University, M.A. (Political Science)
  • University of Northern Iowa, M.P.P. (Public Policy) and B.A. (Economics)

• Presentations

  • American Political Science Association (2000-01, 2003-12)
  • American Sociological Association (2005, 2007, 2009)
  • Kent State University, Political Science (April, 2012)
  • Georgetown University, Political Science (March,2011)
  • Michigan State University, Political Science (November,2010 (November)

• Courses Taught

  • Activism
  • Newtorking
  • Interest Group Politics
  • Research on Social Movements and Political Parties

• Selected Publications:

• Books

  • Party in the Street: The Democratic Party and the Antiwar Movement after 9/11

• Articles

  • (2011) The Partisan Dynamics of Contention, Mobilization: An International Journal
  • (2011) The Partisan Politics of Antiwar Legislation in Congress, 2001-2011, The University of Chicago Legal Forum
  • (2010) Organizing Women as Women, Perspectives on Politics

• Book Chapters

  • (2012) Bridging the Gap between Political Parties and Interest Groups, Interest Group Politics
  • (2011) Campaigning in the Internet Age, The Electoral Challenge: Theory Meets Practice
  • (2010) Linking Political Parties and Interest Groups, The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups