Faculty Member Information

Cheryl J. Wachenheim

About Dr. Wachenheim:
Cheryl Wachenheim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo. She received her M.B.A. and her doctorate in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University, and taught at Illinois State University from 1993 until joining NDSU in 1998. She teaches undergraduate courses in agrisales, commodity marketing, and macro- and micro-economics and team teaches a graduate course in strategic marketing and management.

Cheryl’s research interests focus broadly on stakeholder assessment and the livestock industry. Questions of stakeholder assessment range from surveying students about effectiveness of tools in an online course to estimating consumer willingness to pay for a high-selenium North Dakota beef product. The process of collecting feedback from stakeholders (students, consumers, interest groups), and using this information to form recommendations for individuals, firms, and organizations is an area of considerable interest. Cheryl has been working on research related to the livestock industry since her undergraduate days in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota. In graduate school, her research focused on the economic viability of grazing systems for beef stockers and of feeding and housing systems for feedlot cattle. This line of research has persevered, and she continues to assess the economic viability of livestock farm techniques, equipment, and systems. With a graduate student, she is currently considering stakeholder decision making regarding animal welfare related procedures in animal husbandry.

Cheryl enjoys university and community service. She is currently the chair of University Program Review and of the Board of Directors of Northland Educator’s Federal Credit Union. She co-advises NDSU Collegiate Farm Bureau, and is a medical logistician in the Minnesota Army National Guard.

Last Four Publications
Wachenheim, C.J. 2007. Growing and Maintaining Viable Student Chapters of Professional Organizations: The Case of the National AgriMarketing Association. NACTA Journal 51(2): 60-64.

Anderson, J.C., Wachenheim, C.J., & Lesch, W.C. 2006. Perceptions October 9, 2007es. AgBioForum, 9(3), 180-194.

Wachenheim, Cheryl J., Patrick Novak, Eric A. DeVuyst, and David K. Lambert. 2006. Demand Estimation for Agricultural Processing Coproducts. Great Plains Research 16(Spring), pp. 85-94.

Wachenheim, C.J. 2006. Changing Consumer Perceptions about Genetically Modified Foods. Journal of Food Products Marketing 12(1), pp. 31-43.

Education
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics. Farm Management. August 1994.
M.B.A. Materials and Logistics Management. December 1992.
M.S. in Agricultural Economics. June 1991. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA B.S. in Animal Science; minor in Agricultural and Applied Economics. July 1988.

Office Address:
Morrill Hall 211C
Fargo, ND 58105-5636

Contact Information:
Office: (701) 231-7452
Fax: (701) 231-7400

Email Address:
cheryl.wachenheim@ndsu.edu