STAFF BIOS
Staff at the Institute for the Study of War
Kimberly Kagan, the President of ISW.
James Danly, the Managing Director of ISW, is a former US Army officer who served two years in Iraq at both tactical and strategic level commands. He holds a BA from Yale where he studied English and Classics.
Jared Young, the Director of Communications of ISW.
David Phillips, the Staff Assistant of ISW, holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Affairs from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University where he concentrated in Conflict and Security Studies and minored in World Religions.
Researchers at the Institute for the Study of War
Marisa M. Cochrane, the Research Manager of ISW.
Jeremy J. Domergue, a Research Analyst at ISW, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Government with a minor in Arabic from Georgetown University. He is also a veteran of the United States Air Force, speaks fluent French and has studied three years of Persian (Farsi) at the university level.
Claire Russo, a Research Analyst at ISW. holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Politics from Tulane University. While at Tulane, she studied counterinsurgency operations, American foreign policy, and Arab language and culture. Claire served in the Marine Corps for four years as an Intelligence Officer. In 2006, she deployed to Fallujah, Iraq where she completed one tour of duty and rose to the rank of 1st Lieutenant. She has traveled extensively in Southeast Asia, Australia, and Africa.
Eric Hamilton, Research Analyst at ISW.
Scott Weiner, the Research Assistant of ISW, holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Relations with a regional concentration in the Middle East from Tufts University. He also completed a minor in Modern Standard Arabic. Scott has studied at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel, where he completed a special track in Peace Studies and Regional Security. In addition to abilities in Arabic and French, Scott is proficient in Hebrew.
Undergraduate Researchers
Adam Willner is a senior at Georgetown University, where he is pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy with minors in Arab Studies and Theology. He has also studied at Oxford University.
Wesley Morgan is a junior at Princeton University, where he is a cadet in Army R.O.T.C. He was embedded in Iraq in August 2007, reporting for the Daily Princetonian, and traveled with units in Baghdad and its belts.
Other Recent Contributors
Farook Ahmed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a Master’s degree in International Security Studies from Georgetown University. Following his graduation from Princeton University, he lived and worked in South Korea as a Princeton-in-Asia fellow.
James Tyson is a sophomore at Columbia University, where he plans to concentrate in Political Science and Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures, with a special interest in diplomacy.
Jonathan Bronitsky, Cambridge University, Master’s Student
Patrick Gaughen holds Master’s Degrees in Security Studies and Political Science from Georgetown and Duke Universities, respectively. Following his undergraduate work at Yale, he worked for the Department of Defense.
Leah Gould is a senior at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, where she is also a cadet in Navy R.O.T.C. She was stationed on the USS Ronald Reagan while it deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Valiant Shield during her summer training cruise in 2006.
Adrian Myers, University of Toronto, Law School Student
Nathaniel Rabkin is a graduate of Cornell University. He studies the Middle East, reads Arabic and Persian, and has worked as an intern at the American Enterprise Institute.
Cassiah Rasmussen holds a Master's Degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University.
Andrea So holds a Master's Degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University.
Ed Stein holds a B.A. in History from Yale University. He was a student in Yale’s Studies in Grand Strategy program. He has conducted archival research on twentieth-century British foreign policy in Cambridge and London.
William Waddell, The Ohio State University, Doctoral Candidate, Military History
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