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Rosa Brooks is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, where she has been a tenured faculty member since 2006. She currently serves as the Associate Dean for Centers and Institutes and co-director of Georgetown’s Center on Innovations in Public Safety. Her teaching focuses on Constitutional Law, International Law, National Security Law, and Criminal Law and Procedure. Brooks holds a unique dual role as an academic and practitioner, having served as a reserve police officer with the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department from 2016 to 2020, during which she received the Chief of Police Special Award.
Brooks’ research and writing span national security, military policy, and policing reform. Her notable works include How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything (2016), a New York Times Notable Book, and Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City (2021), which examines the complexities of modern policing. She contributes regularly to major publications like the Washington Post, New York Times, and Atlantic, and has held roles in government, including at the Department of Defense and State Department.
Brooks’ awards include the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service (2011) and the Chief of Police Special Award (2019). Her academic leadership extends to roles as co-founder of the Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS) and as an adjunct scholar at the Modern War Institute at West Point. Her work bridges legal scholarship, policy analysis, and public engagement, addressing critical issues like military overreach, police reform, and civil-military relations.
