Rachel (Tecott) Metz
Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor at George Washington University in the Political Science Department. I received my PhD in Political Science in 2021 from MIT, where I was a member of the Security Studies Program. My book project examines U.S. efforts to build militaries in partner states, centering on the advisory doctrines of the military organizations conducting the assistance. I argue that variation in advisory doctrines helps explain variation in the battlefield effectiveness of partner militaries, and that advisory doctrines are in turn driven by the core missions and bureaucratic interests of the military organizations tasked with advising. More broadly, I study international security, security cooperation, and methods for studying military operations, such as campaign analysis and wargames. Before MIT, I worked in political risk consulting and studied nuclear proliferation. I hold a BA from Wesleyan University, where I graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
photos (from top to bottom): Gettysburg at sunrise; MIT Political Science department photo (credit: Daniel de Kadt)