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Welcome to my online office. I am a Lilly Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in the Humanities and History at Valparaiso University.

My research area is United States political, religious, and international history during the Cold War and my dissertation focuses on the role of religion on United States foreign policy on Central America from the 1940s through the 1980s.

I am also committed to undergraduate and graduate teaching. I have taught a variety of courses in United States history, including lecture-based survey courses and more focused seminars on United States political, religious, cultural, and diplomatic history. In all of my United States history courses, I am interested in presenting the international contexts of United States history. I have recently developed a course on the United States in the World. I am committed to working with students on their writing and have taught two courses in a First Year Composition program. I also have experience in community-based or service learning.

If you scroll through these pages, you will find more information about my research and teaching. My students should select Current Course to reach their course website. If you have questions, please feel free to email me at Charles.Strauss@valpo.edu.