Asha Rangappa: Difference between revisions

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|15}}

| birth_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], [[U.S.]]

| children = 2

'''Renuka Asha Rangappa''' (born November 15, 1974)<ref>{{Cite Instagram |title=Feeling very blessed on my birthday! The orchid is from my son, who wrote in his card that "purple orchids symbolize respect and admiration" ❤️😭 50, here I come! |postid=CzsE6ZMLnt2 |access-date=2023-11-16 |user=asha.rangappa |date=November 16, 2023}}</ref> is an American lawyer, former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent, senior lecturer at [[Yale University]]'s [[Jackson Institute for Global Affairs]], and a commentator on [[MSNBC]] and [[CNN]]. She was previously an associate dean at [[Yale Law School]].''<ref>{{cite tweet |user=AshaRangappa_ |number=1154596500338597888 |date=July 25, 2019 |title=I was born in 1974. I'm not a Millenial. |link=https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1154596500338597888 |access-date=August 11, 2019 }}</ref>'' She is serving as a senior lecturer at [[Jackson Institute for Global Affairs|Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Asha Rangappa – Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs|url=https://jackson.yale.edu/person/asha-rangappa/|access-date=2022-02-09|language=en-US}}</ref> Rangappa is also a member of the board of editors of ''[[Just Security]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asha Rangappa |url=https://www.justsecurity.org/author/rangappaasha/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=[[Just Security]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Rangappa was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to parents from [[Karnataka]], India,<ref name=Abroad>{{cite web|title=The (real) girl from Quantico: Former FBI agent Asha Rangappa|author=Suman Guha Mozumder|publisher=India Abroad|date=October 6, 2017|url=https://www.indiaabroad.com/indian-americans/the-real-girl-from-quantico-former-fbi-agent-asha-rangappa/article_cf68df5c-aaf7-11e7-b913-c3615ad4f390.html|access-date=14 January 2019|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729170850/https://www.indiaabroad.com/indian-americans/the-real-girl-from-quantico-former-fbi-agent-asha-rangappa/article_cf68df5c-aaf7-11e7-b913-c3615ad4f390.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> who immigrated to the US in 1970. She told [[Elle (magazine)|''Elle'']] that her parents "came under a provision where the government was specially looking for doctors," under the 1965 [[Hart-Celler Act]].<ref name=":1" /> Her father is an anesthesiologist and worked at a Virginia army base.<ref name=":1" /> Her mother is an accountant.<ref name=":1" /> As a child she participated in beauty pageants.<ref name=":1" />

Rangappa grew up in Hampton, Virginia,<ref name=":1" /> and graduated from [[Kecoughtan High School]]. She graduated ''cum laude'' with an A.B. from the [[Princeton School of Public and International Affairs]] in 1996 after completing a 136-page long senior thesis, titled "The Rule of Law: Reconciling, Judicial Institution Building and U.S. Counternarcotics Policy in Colombia", under the supervision of [[John J. DiIulio Jr.|John Dilulio]].<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Rangappa |first=Renuka A. |date=1996 |title=The Rule of Law: Reconciling, Judicial Institution Building and U.S. Counternarcotics Policy in Colombia |url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp01c534fp726|language=en |degree=A.B. |publisher=[[Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs]] |access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://asharangappa.com/about/|title=About Me - Asha Rangappa|work=Asha Rangappa|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> Following graduation, she was awarded a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright scholarship]], studying constitutional reform in [[Bogotá]], Colombia.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a27303320/asha-rangappa-interview-cnn-fbi/|title=FBI Agent Turned CNN Analyst Asha Rangappa Wants to Restore Your Faith in America|last=McNamara|first=Sylvie|date=April 30, 2019|website=ELLE|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> She graduated from Yale Law School with a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] in 2000 and completed an internship with the US Attorneys office in Baltimore.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Abroad" /> and took a clerkship serving the Honorable [[Juan R. Torruella]] on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit]] in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<ref name="npr">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/05/13/528236638/how-comeys-firing-will-or-wont-affect-the-russia-investigation|title=How Comey's Firing Will Or Won't Affect The Russia Investigation|publisher=NPR|date=May 13, 2017|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> In 2003 she was admitted to the state bars of New York and Connecticut.<ref name="ymuni" />

After graduation from Quantico Academy, she moved to New York City where she took a job as an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] special agent, specializing in counterintelligence investigations,<ref name=npr/> and became one of the first [[Indian Americans]] to hold the position.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lakshmi Gandhi|url=https://www.thetealmango.com/latest/former-fbi-agent-asha-rangappa-is-now-explaining-law-enforcement-to-america/|title=Former FBI Agent Asha Rangappais now Explaining Law Enforcement to America|publisher=The Teal Mango|access-date=January 14, 2019|date=May 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Abroad/>

In 2005, Rangappa left the FBI to get married and have children.<ref name=Abroad/> She returned to Yale to become an associate dean of its [[Yale Law School|law school]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/12/07/she-roars-podcast-explores-democracy-under-duress-indira-lakshmanan-and-asha|title='She Roars' podcast explores democracy under duress with Indira Lakshmanan and Asha Rangappa|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> Currently she serves as a director of admissions at Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/02/06/583583433/it-looks-like-its-going-to-be-another-week-of-memo-madness|title=It Looks Like It's Going To Be Another Week Of Memo Madness|publisher=NPR|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> She has taught at Yale University,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/11092018-new-us-movie-active-measures-is-actively-deceptive-about-russia%E2%80%A8-oped/|author=William Dunkerley|work=Euroasia Review|title=New US Movie 'Active Measures' Is Actively Deceptive About Russia – OpEd|date=December 11, 2018|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> [[Wesleyan University]], and [[University of New Haven]], teaching [[National Security Law of the United States|National Security Law]] and related courses.<ref name=ymuni>{{cite web|url=http://ymuni-yira.org/about/|title=About Us|publisher=Yale Model United Nations Institute|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref>

She has published op-eds in ''[[HuffPost]],''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-a-refugee-could-be-th_b_8602734|title=Why a Refugee Could Be the Next Hercules Mulligan|date=November 22, 2016|publisher=HuffPost|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/11/11/gops-new-defense-trump-actually-makes-case-against-him/ |title=The GOP's new 'defense' of Trump actually makes the case against him |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/5581311/mueller-report-trump-steele-dossier-footnotes/|title=What Happens Next with the Mueller Report? The Answer May Lie in the Footnotes|date=May 3, 2019|publisher=Time}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]'',<ref name=ymuni/> and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-modified-pence-rule-would-be-good-for-working-women-1491261696 |title=A Modified 'Pence Rule' Would Be Good for Working Women |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 3, 2017 |access-date=April 3, 2017}}</ref> She has appeared on [[MSNBC]], [[BBC]], [[NPR]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666646382/former-fbi-agent-maps-out-the-future-of-the-justice-department|title=Former FBI Agent Maps Out The Future Of The Justice Department|date=November 11, 2018|publisher=NPR|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> and other networks as a commentator. She serves as a legal and national security analyst for [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justsecurity.org/author/rangappaasha/|title=Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) is a Senior Lecturer at Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs|last=Rangappa |first=Asha|work=Just Security|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/stay-tuned-theres-more-coming-ex-fbi-agent-says-mueller-investigation-is-blowing-up-fast/|author=David Ferguson|title='Stay tuned, there's more coming': Ex-FBI agent says Mueller investigation is blowing up fast|work=[[The Raw Story]]|date=August 5, 2017|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref>

Rangappa is a member of the board of directors for the South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut,<ref name=":0" /> the Connecticut Society of Former FBI Agents,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.sabanorthamerica.com/group/connecticut|title=South Asian Bar Association of North America|website=www.sabanorthamerica.com|access-date=January 14, 2019}}</ref> and the [[Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame]].

Rangappa was previously marriedto a fellow FBI agent, Andrew Dodd, in 2005; they later divorced in 2011. She lives in [[Hamden, Connecticut]], with her son and daughter.<ref name=Abroad/><ref>[https://abovethelaw.com/2006/11/congratulations-dean-rangappa/ Congratulations, Dean Rangappa], ''[[Above the Law (website)|Above The Law]]'', David Lot, November 28, 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2019.</ref>

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