Office of Naval Research, US Navy, Arlington, VA

Montgomery McFate is an anthropologist by training, and is interested in using qualitative social sciences to improve national security, particularly in the fields of combating terrorism and non-kinetic operations. Formerly a member of the Intelligence Policy Center at RAND, Dr. McFate is currently an American Association for the Advancement of Science Defense Policy Fellow at the Office of Naval Research (ONR). She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Yale University and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School.