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, and focuses in particular on the evolution of the U.S. Army’s efforts to teach, persuade, coerce, and command reticent partner leaders to build militaries that can fight. More broadly, I study international security, military strategy and operations, military innovation, and civil-military relations. 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)