KATHLEEN REEDY
RAND Corporation
1200 South Hayes St.
Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 413-1100, x5595
kreedy@rand.org
EDUCATION
2007
2005
2003
Ph.D., Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dissertation: A State of Conspiracy: Syrian Challenges to Political Authority in
the Course of the Everyday
M.Sc., Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, UK
B.A. with Honors, Anthropology, Middle Eastern Studies Minor, Penn State
University, PA
EXPERIENCE
2014 -
Full Social Scientist, RAND Corporation, Washington DC
2012 - 2014
CENTCOM Region and Culture Expert, USAF Air Advisor Academy, McGuire
AFB, NJ
2010 – 2011
Lead Social Scientist, Human Terrain System, Afghanistan
2009
Lead Social Scientist, Human Terrain System, Iraq
2008 – 2010
Head of Strategic Studies, Human Terrain System Reachback Center, Newport
News, VA
2006-2007
Account Executive, Grayling Political Strategy, Edinburgh, UK
HONORS & AWARDS
2014
2011
2011
2011
2010
2009
2009
Kakehashi Young Scholars
Commander’s Award for Civilian Service
NATO Medal for Service to ISAF
Certificate of Appreciations, Khost Provincial Council and Women’s Association
French Brigade’s Recognition of Service Award
Commander’s Award for Civilian Service
Commander’s COIN, General Raymond Odierno
2004
2003
St. Andrew’s Society of New York Fellow
Phi Beta Kappa Thesis Award
PUBLICATIONS
“Spy vs. Spy: Observation, Kinship and the State in Pre-War Syria,” International Political
Anthropology, under peer review.
“Anthropologists and the Military,” Column in Anthropology Unbound, 3rd Ed. Forthcoming.
“The Four Pillars of Integration: How to Make Social Science Work in a War Zone,” in
Montgomery McFate and Janice Laurence (eds). Social Science Goes to War, Oxford
University Press. Forthcoming.
“Where the Rubber Meets the Wadi: Foreign Policy’s Local Impacts in the Border Region of
Eastern Afghanistan.” Marine Corps University Journal, 4(1) 2013. Pp. 81-108.
“Customary Law and Its Challenges to Afghan Statehood” Military Review, Sept-Oct 2012. Pp.
27-34.
“Tribalism or Village-ism? The Dangers of ‘Mapping’ the Human Terrain,” Spanish Institute for
Strategic Studies, 2012.
“Systems of Patronage: Corruption or Accountability?” Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies,
2012.
“Consejos y Ancianos: ¿Defendiendo la Tradición o Privando a la Población de ses Derechos?
(Elders and Shuras: Upholding Tradition or Disenfranchising the Population?)” Spanish
Institute for Strategic Studies, 2012.
“From the Ottoman to the American Empire: Syrian Narratives of Global Power.” Social Analysis, 54
(1): 2010. Pp. 92-105.
PRESENTATIONS
“Spy Vs. Spy: Kinship, Conspiracy and the State in Syria,” EASA Conference, August 2014
“Keeping it Complex: Institutionalizing Culture Training in the Military after Afghanistan,”
Culture in Conflict Symposium, June 2014
“Upending the Human Domain,” SOCOM Conference, March 2014.
“Building Partnership with Afghans,” 714th TRS and local law enforcement, Little Rock AR,
April 2013
“Culture and Afghanistan,” and “FET TSP Updates,” 404th CA BN, Fort Dix, NJ, February
2013
“Marking Time: The Afghan War as Seen by Those Who Live It,” Penn State, PA, February
2012.
“Applied Anthropology: Working with HTS in Afghanistan,” Wooster University, OH,
December 2011.
“Human Terrain System Lessons Learned,” Commanders Conference, London, UK, February
2010.
“What are Human Terrain Teams?” French Brigade Representatives, Fort Campbell, January
2010.
“Communications and Culture: Communicating in the Middle East,” University of Alaska, 2009.
“Islam and Terrorism: A View from Diyala,” University of Alaska, 2009.
“Muslim Identity and Violence in the EU and the Middle East,” Subject Matter Brief, EUCOM,
2009.
HTS Representative and Panel Respondent, American Anthropological Association Conference,
2008.
Chair, Middle East Panel. Student Conference on United States’ Affairs, USMA, 2008.
“Caught Between Acronyms: HTS, the AAA and the Politics of Ethics.” EASA Conference,
2008.
“Global Conspiracy, Global Fear: Syrian Narratives of State and Self in Uncertain Terms.”
EASA, 2006.
“Syrian Conspiracy Theory: Engaging the State in the Everyday.” LSE University, 2006.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES
Reviewer, Marine Corps University Journal
Chair, Curriculum Development Committee, Air Advisor Academy (2012-2014)
Adjunct and Middle East SME, Cultural Knowledge Consortium
Phi Beta Kappa
European Association of Social Anthropologists
American Anthropological Association
Middle East Studies Association
Society for Applied Anthropology
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Air Advisor Hostile Course
Air Force Academic Instructor Course
Advanced Leader’s COIN Course
Human Terrain Social Scientist Course
Public Relations Training
Advanced Qualitative Methods and Analysis
Quantitative Methods and Analysis
Mixed Methods Research and Analysis