About
AT A GLANCE:
Director and Professor of the Practice, Security Studies Program, School of Foreign
Service, Georgetown University
RESEARCH AREAS:
- Economic Statecraft
- Irregular Warfare
- UN peacekeeping
BIOGRAPHY:
Prior to Georgetown, she served as the Deputy Director in the Office of Peace Operations,
Sanctions, and Counter Terrorism at the Department of State. A retired U.S. Army officer
with more than 22 years of experience, she served in overseas assignments in Thailand,
Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Dr. Patterson’s previous jobs include: Strategic Advisor
in the Commander’s Initiatives Group, Headquarters, International Security Assistance
Force, Afghanistan; Associate Professor and Associate Dean at the National Defense
University; economic advisor to the 1st Armored Division while deployed to Iraq; Assistant
Professor of Economics and Comparative Politics, Department of Social Sciences at
West Point; and CFR International Affairs Fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman and
the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group. She holds a PhD from The George Washington
University in National Security Policy, a M.S. in Engineering Management from Missouri
University of Science and Technology, and a B.S. in Economics from the United States
Military Academy at West Point. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
PUBLICATIONS:
Psychological Warfare and the Law: Countering Malign Influence through Doctrine, Law
and Strategy, with Michael John-Hopkins, Piotr Lubinski, Routledge, 2027 (forthcoming)
Winning the Peace: Irregular Warfare and Strategic Competition: https://www.cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=1165
The Challenge of Nation-Building: Implementing Effective Innovation in the U.S. Army
from World War II to the Iraq War.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/challenge-of-nationbuilding-9781442236943/
Rebecca D. Patterson and Abigail Linnington. "Rule of Law Development in Afghanistan,
2001-2014." Our Latest Longest War, edited by Aaron O'Connell, University of Chicago
Press, 2017.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo20310364.html