Dr. Rachel M. Sondheimer

Rachel Milstein Sondheimer is a Professor of Political Science at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. In 2021, she completed a four-year rotation as the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at USMA. She has also served as the American Politics Program Director and the Deputy Head of the Department of Social Sciences. Dr. Sondheimer is the co-author of the 7th edition of American National Security (2018 from Johns Hopkins) and the co-editor of Teaching and Learning the West Point Way (2021 from Routledge). She has also published in various journals, including the American Journal of Political Science and Armed Forces and Society. Dr. Sondheimer earned her Ph.D. in political science from Yale University and her B.A. in government from Dartmouth College.