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About Conflict and Human Security Studies (CHSS)
 
The CHSS program helps provide a holistic and empathetic lens to better understand the security environment. To accomplish the mission discussed above, we found that there is a critical need for both increased research and practical experience for faculty and cadets to gain deeper insights into the problem of human security. Under the direction of Ruth Margolies Beitler, Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Social Sciences, both faculty members and cadets have multiple opportunities to increase their understanding of the roots of conflict using a human security perspective that sheds light on the comprehensive nature of security.
 
 
We Provide
 
Immersive  
Conferences
CHSS assits in a variety of conferences that are held locally here at the United States Military Academy or throughout the country. For more information regarding our part in these conferences please contact one of our poc's.

 
Engaging
Workshops
From setting up workshops to help cadets excel here at the United States Military Academy or abroad with our AIAD trips, CHSS creates an innovative and engaging workshops to educate and excite those inteterested in our cause. For more information please contact one of our poc's.
 
 
Publications
Research
CHSS seeks to constantly improve upon the efficacy of cultural competency education. Through an array of studies, AIAD's, and research surveys we are continously learning and thriving. For more information please go to the research page.


Guest Lecture
NGO Fellows
CHSS operates a rotating NGO Fellows Program. With this program, experienced NGO personnel come to the Academy for a week to teach classes, conduct seminars, assist with cadet and faculty research and work with the CHSS director to create new internships further enhancing the cross-cultural education of the cadets. For more information, please visit our Guest Lecture page.
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About Conflict and Human Security Studies (CHSS)
 
The CHSS program helps provide a holistic and empathetic lens to better understand the security environment. To accomplish the mission discussed above, we found that there is a critical need for both increased research and practical experience for faculty and cadets to gain deeper insights into the problem of human security. Under the direction of Ruth Margolies Beitler, Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Social Sciences, both faculty members and cadets have multiple opportunities to increase their understanding of the roots of conflict using a human security perspective that sheds light on the comprehensive nature of security.
 
 
We Provide
 
Immersive
Conferences
CHSS assits in a variety of conferences that are held locally here at the United States Military Academy or throughout the country. For more information regarding our part in these conferences please contact one of our poc's.
 
Engaging
Workshops
From setting up workshops to help cadets excel here at the United States Military Academy or abroad with our AIAD trips, CHSS creates an innovative and engaging workshops to educate and excite those inteterested in our cause. For more information please contact one of our poc's.
 
Publications
Research
CHSS seeks to constantly improve upon the efficacy of cultural competency education. Through an array of studies, AIAD's, and research surveys we are continously learning and thriving. For more information please go to the research page.
 
Guest Lecture
NGO Fellows
CHSS operates a rotating NGO Fellows Program. With this program, experienced NGO personnel come to the Academy for a week to teach classes, conduct seminars, assist with cadet and faculty research and work with the CHSS director to create new internships further enhancing the cross-cultural education of the cadets. For more information, please visit our Guest Lecture page.
 
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CHSS Research
CHSS seeks to constantly improve upon the efficacy of cultural competency education
 
Culture Study
 
Authors: COL (Ret) Gayle Watkins, Ph.D. or Dr Randi Cohen
Executive Summary of Cross-Cultural Competence and USMA Cadets
 
Contemporary wars have pushed the need for well-developed cultural skills lower into the U.S. Army’s ranks than at any time in recent memory. From conducting street patrols in Iraq to setting up road blocks in Afghanistan to delivering aid in Haiti, today’s lieutenants are likely to find themselves interacting closely with people from unfamiliar cultures speaking exotic languages. The Army no longer has years to groom these young officers for such cross-cultural tasks....

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Human Terrain Team Trip Report: A “Team of Teams”

Prepared by USMA’s Interdisciplinary Team in Iraq
 
Authors: COL Cindy R. Jebb, PhD COL Laurel J. Hummel, PhD MAJ(P) Tania M. Chacho, PhD
 
The purpose of this preliminary paper is to provide an initial view of the value-added of Human Terrain Teams (HTTs). We acknowledge that our first deployment in this capacity will not produce the definitive study, but it has provided important contextual information and understanding required to gain a holistic perspective on the Human Terrain System (HTS) with focus on the HTTs and the complex environment in which they work. We anticipate that we will need to make follow-on trips both in theater and at CONUS training sites to gain a more comprehensive and strategic view of the program, as well as to discern longitudinal trends. 
 
 
Role and Goal Alignment:

The U.S. Military-NGO Relationship in Post-WWII Germany
 
Author: Major Tania M. Chacho, Ph.D., Director of Comparative Politics
 
History has hailed the U.S. experience in the reconstruction of Germany in the aftermath of World War II as a “success story” that epitomized the capabilities and vision of a democracy in a post-conflict environment...

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Contact CHSS
We always enjoy hearing from people interested in the CHSS program!
 
For any questions or general inquiries about CHSS, please contact us.
 
Department of Social Sciences
Lincoln Hall, Room 107
607 Cullum Road
West Point, NY 10996 		Office: (845) 938-0214
Fax:    (845) 938-4563
 
CHSS POC's

Ruth Margolies Beitler, Ph.D.
Director


Conflict and Human Security Studies
Professor of Comparitive Politics
Office: (845)938-3999
Ruth.Beitler@usma.edu 		Jennifer Parisi
Program Assistant
Guest Lecture Series Coordinator

Conflict and Human Security Studies
Department of Social Sciences
Office: (845) 938-0214
Jennifer.Parisi@usma.edu
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