Amanda J. Rothschild
Former Associate, International Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Research Expertise: US Foreign Policy, International Security
Dr. Rothschild is a former associate with the International Security Program at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a member of the MIT Security Studies Program, and completed predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University. Rothschild's research concerns international security, US foreign policy, humanitarian intervention, and presidential history. Her writing has appeared in International Security, Foreign Affairs, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Forbes, and the Boston Globe, among other outlets.
Her article in International Security was nominated for two discipline-wide awards from the American Political Science Association: the Outstanding Article in International History and Politics Award; and the Alexander L. George Article Award for methodological contribution and innovation, or exemplary application of qualitative methods.
While completing her doctoral studies, Rothschild received the International Studies Association's Patricia Weitsman Award, which recognizes the best research paper on any aspect of international security studies written by a graduate student. Rothschild also received a National Fellowship from the University of Virginia's Miller Center, the Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential Studies, a Tobin Project Graduate Research Fellowship in National Security, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention Award.
She has previously served as Co-Chair of the Women in International Politics and Security Working Group (WIPS). The group, which seeks to advance opportunities for women in international security, is comprised of over seventy graduate students, faculty, and researchers working on security issues in the Boston area.
Rothschild received her B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science from Boston College, where she was a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program and the Political Science Honors Program. At commencement, she received the Finneran Commencement Award, the College of Arts and Sciences' highest award, for the senior who has “achieved outstanding success in studies, while also devoting time and talents to other activities for the enrichment of the College.” She also received the Donald S. Carlisle Award for outstanding achievement in political science and the John McCarthy S.J. Award for the most distinguished "Scholar of the College" thesis in the social sciences. During her time at Boston College, she was one of ten students in her class elected early to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Rhodes Scholarship Finalist (Final Selection, District 2 MA/CT). As a student-athlete, she was twice named to the six-player Division I Hockey East Academic All-Star Team in the goaltender's position. In May 2016, she was named to Sports Blog Nation's BC Interruption "All People's Choice Award Team," as the goaltender, in their article "BC Women's Hockey Dream Lineups: Lots of Familiar Names."
To learn more about her research, see Sarah Baldwin's profile for MIT, "The Courage to Dissent: Political Science Meets Personal History," or Casey Campbell's for the Belfer Center, "Investigating U.S. Debate and Response to Mass Killings."
Former Associate, International Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Research Expertise: US Foreign Policy, International Security
Dr. Rothschild is a former associate with the International Security Program at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a member of the MIT Security Studies Program, and completed predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University. Rothschild's research concerns international security, US foreign policy, humanitarian intervention, and presidential history. Her writing has appeared in International Security, Foreign Affairs, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Forbes, and the Boston Globe, among other outlets.
Her article in International Security was nominated for two discipline-wide awards from the American Political Science Association: the Outstanding Article in International History and Politics Award; and the Alexander L. George Article Award for methodological contribution and innovation, or exemplary application of qualitative methods.
While completing her doctoral studies, Rothschild received the International Studies Association's Patricia Weitsman Award, which recognizes the best research paper on any aspect of international security studies written by a graduate student. Rothschild also received a National Fellowship from the University of Virginia's Miller Center, the Harry Middleton Fellowship in Presidential Studies, a Tobin Project Graduate Research Fellowship in National Security, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention Award.
She has previously served as Co-Chair of the Women in International Politics and Security Working Group (WIPS). The group, which seeks to advance opportunities for women in international security, is comprised of over seventy graduate students, faculty, and researchers working on security issues in the Boston area.
Rothschild received her B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science from Boston College, where she was a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program and the Political Science Honors Program. At commencement, she received the Finneran Commencement Award, the College of Arts and Sciences' highest award, for the senior who has “achieved outstanding success in studies, while also devoting time and talents to other activities for the enrichment of the College.” She also received the Donald S. Carlisle Award for outstanding achievement in political science and the John McCarthy S.J. Award for the most distinguished "Scholar of the College" thesis in the social sciences. During her time at Boston College, she was one of ten students in her class elected early to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Rhodes Scholarship Finalist (Final Selection, District 2 MA/CT). As a student-athlete, she was twice named to the six-player Division I Hockey East Academic All-Star Team in the goaltender's position. In May 2016, she was named to Sports Blog Nation's BC Interruption "All People's Choice Award Team," as the goaltender, in their article "BC Women's Hockey Dream Lineups: Lots of Familiar Names."
To learn more about her research, see Sarah Baldwin's profile for MIT, "The Courage to Dissent: Political Science Meets Personal History," or Casey Campbell's for the Belfer Center, "Investigating U.S. Debate and Response to Mass Killings."