Montgomery McFate
Montgomery McFate is a cultural anthropologist who works on defense and national security issues. Dr. McFate is currently the Senior Social Scientist for the US Army’s Human Terrain System. [1]
Biography
Before working on the 'Human Terrain System' McFate
Previously, she worked at the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research, where she was awarded a Distinguished Public Service Award by the Secretary of the Navy. Before coming to ONR, Dr. McFate was a social scientist in [[RAND Corporation|RAND’s] Intelligence Policy Center. Dr. McFate received a B.A. from University of California at Berkeley, a Ph.D in Anthropology from Yale University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Her Ph.D dissertation concerned British counterinsurgency in Northern Ireland. Dr. McFate’s legal background includes a clinical internship on the United States Attorney's Office Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Squad, a fellowship at Human Rights Watch, and experience as a litigation associate at the law firm of Baker & McKenzie in San Francisco, CA. She has published in such journals as Journal of Conflict Studies, Military Review and Joint Forces Quarterly. She is a native of Marin County, California. [2]
Notes
- ↑ montgomerymcfate.com, Homepage, accessed 29 May 2009
- ↑ montgomerymcfate.com, Homepage, accessed 29 May 2009
- ↑ George Packer, '[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/12/18/061218fa_fact2 Knowing the Enemy', The New Yorker, 18 December 2006
- ↑ Matthew B. Stannard, 'Montgomery McFate's Mission. Can one anthropologist possibly steer the course in Iraq?', San Francisco Chronicle, 29 April 2007
