Asha Rangappa

Asha Rangappa (Bluesky – LinkedIn – X) is a Senior Lecturer at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Prior to her current position, she was an Associate Dean at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, where she has worked since 2005.  Asha previously served as a Special Agent in the New York office of the FBI, specializing in counterintelligence investigations.  Her work involved assessing threats to national security, conducting classified investigations on suspected foreign agents, and performing undercover work.  While in the FBI, Asha gained experience in electronic surveillance, interview and interrogation techniques, firearms and the use of deadly force, and weapons counterproliferation.  She has taught National Security Law and related courses at the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs at Yale University, Wesleyan University, and The University of New Haven.  She is also a legal and national security analyst for CNN.