Dr. Anna Simons

EDUCATION:
PhD – Harvard University, 1992
BA – Harvard College, 1979
NPS EXPERIENCE:
2008-present: Professor, Department of Defense Analysis
1998-2008: Associate Professor, Department of Defense Analysis
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
1992 – 1998 – Assistant/Associate Professor, University of California,
Los Angeles
1996 – 1998 – Associate Director, African Studies, University of
California, Los Angeles
TEACHING INTERESTS:
Military Advisor
Anthropology of Conflict
Low Intensity Conflict: Africa
Ethnic Conflict/Ethnonationalism
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Ethnic Conflict
Military Anthropology
Strategic Culture
AWARDS:
Top 5%, RADM Schieffelin Award for Teaching Excellence, 2001
BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society (council member)
Armed Forces & Society (editorial board)
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (editorial board)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)
The Company They Keep: Life Inside the U.S. Army Special Forces. New
York: The Free Press, 1997.
Networks of Dissolution: Somalia Undone. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995

Dr. Anna SimonsEDUCATION:PhD – Harvard University, 1992BA – Harvard College, 1979NPS EXPERIENCE:2008-present: Professor, Department of Defense Analysis1998-2008: Associate Professor, Department of Defense AnalysisOTHER EXPERIENCE:1992 – 1998 – Assistant/Associate Professor, University of California,Los Angeles1996 – 1998 – Associate Director, African Studies, University ofCalifornia, Los AngelesTEACHING INTERESTS:Military AdvisorAnthropology of ConflictLow Intensity Conflict: AfricaEthnic Conflict/EthnonationalismRESEARCH INTERESTS:Ethnic ConflictMilitary AnthropologyStrategic CultureAWARDS:Top 5%, RADM Schieffelin Award for Teaching Excellence, 2001BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society (council member)Armed Forces & Society (editorial board)Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (editorial board)SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)The Company They Keep: Life Inside the U.S. Army Special Forces. NewYork: The Free Press, 1997.Networks of Dissolution: Somalia Undone. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995