Agnes Gereben Schaefer
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Education
Overview
Biography
Agnes Gereben Schaefer is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Schaefer has a background in international relations, comparative politics, defense strategy, homeland security, and environmental policy. At RAND, her work has focused on issues related to national security strategy, doctrine, and personnel; homeland defense/homeland security; emerging threats; security sector reform; and emergency preparedness. Her research has included improving reintegration support for reserve component families; an examination of DoD's role in supporting U.S. border security missions; an assessment of the security situation in Mexico and its impact on the United States; the applicability of COIN methods and findings to contemporary Mexican security issues; the development of a defense sector assessment rating tool; assessments of the military and public health responses to Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti; and various projects related to emergency preparedness. Prior to joining RAND, Schaefer was a postdoctoral research associate and lecturer at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Schaefer received her Ph.D. in political science from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Research Focus
Previous Positions
Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Associate in Politics and Public Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityRecent Projects
- Improving Reintegration Support for Guard and Reserve Families
- Improving the Army's Disaster Response: Lessons from the Earthquake in Haiti
- Examining the Department of Defense's Role in Supporting United States Border Security Missions
- Developing a Comprehensive Defense Sector Assessment Rating Tool
- Security in Mexico: Implications for U.S. Policy
Selected Publications
Christopher Paul, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Colin P. Clarke, The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations: An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-Sector Reform, RAND (MG-1125), 2011
Agnes Gereben Schaefer et al, Developing a Defense Sector Assessment Rating Tool., RAND Corporation (RP-964), 2010
Beth Asch et al, Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND's 1993 Study, RAND (MG-1056), 2010
Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, and K. Jack Riley, Security in Mexico: Implications for U.S. Policy Options, RAND Corporation (MG-876), 2009
Agnes Gereben Schaefer "The History of Domestic Intelligence in the United States: Lessons for Assessing the Creation of a New Counterterrorism Intelligence Agency," in Brian A. Jackson et al., The Challenge of Domestic Intelligence in a Free Society, RAND Corporation (MG-804), 2009
David Dausey et al., "Measuring Performance of Telephone-Based Disease Reporting Systems in Local Health Departments," American Journal of Public Health, 98(9):1-6, 2008
Melinda Moore et al., "Strategies to Improve Global Influenza Surveillance: A Decision Tool for Policymakers," BMC Public Health, 8:186, 2008
Lynn E. Davis et al., Hurricane Katrina: Lessons for Army Planning and Operations, RAND (MG-603), 2007
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