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Carol Christine Fair

Title

Assistant Professor

Department

Faculty - SFS
General profile

Phone

202-687-7898

Alt. phone

2024609295

Fax

7035423238

Alt. email

c_christine_fair@yahoo.com

Location

Mortara Center

Office hours

M 2-4, by appointment

Bio

C. Christine Fair has a PhD from the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilization in 2004 and an MA in the Harris School of Public Policy. Prior to joining the Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), within Georgetown University 's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, she has served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer to the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and as a senior research associate in USIP’s Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Her research focuses upon political and military affairs in South Asia. She has authored, co-authored and co-edited several books including Treading Softly on Sacred Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations on Sacred Space (OUP, 2008); The Madrassah Challenge: Militancy and Religious Education in Pakistan (USIP, 2008), Fortifying Pakistan: The Role of U.S. Internal Security Assistance (USIP, 2006); among others and has written numerous peer-reviewed articles covering a range of security issues in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. She is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the editorial board of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and is the Managing Editor of India Review. She is also a senior fellow with the Counter Terrorism Center at West Point.

CV

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Education

  • PhD (2004) University of Chicago, South Asian Languages and Civilizations
  • MA (1997) University of Chicago, South Asian Languages and Civilizations
  • MA (1997) University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
  • BS (1991) University of Chicago, Biological Chemistry

Languages

  • Hindi (speak, read, write)
  • Panjabi (speak, read, write)
  • Urdu (speak, read, write)
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