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Who is Asha Rangappa?

Asha Rangappa is an American lawyer, former FBI agent, and senior lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. She also makes regular commentary appearances on CNN and MSNBC.

Asha uses her expertise working at both ends of the law, higher education, the government, and the media to write, lecture, and make commentary about the challenges to American national security. She works on issues such as the power of the presidency, foreign propaganda, influence campaigns, and how social capital might make American democracy more resistant to internal as well as external threats.

Asha Rangappa’s Parents / Heritage

Rangappa was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Indian parents who moved to the United States in 1970. She explained to Elle that her parents “came under a provision where the government was actively in search of doctors,” as a result of the 1965 Hart-Celler Act.

Her father, Jai Rangappa is an anesthesiologist who formerly served at an army installation in Virginia. Her mother, Vinaya Rangappa works as an accountant. She used to compete in beauty contests as a young girl.

Asha Rangappa is a Native of Baltimore

Rangappa is currently 49 years old as of 2023. She was born on November 15, 1974, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Asha Rangappa Husband

Rangappa was married to Andrew Dodd, an FBI agent, from 2005 to 2011. She has a son, Paras Nikhil Dodd, and a daughter.

Education

Rangappa received her high school diploma from Kecoughtan. She finished a 136-page senior thesis titled “The Rule of Law: Reconciling, Judicial Institution Building, and U.S. Counternarcotics Policy in Colombia” under the guidance of John Dilulio and received her A.B. with honors from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs in 1996.

Shortly after receiving her degree, she was given a scholarship from the Fulbright Foundation to study constitutional reform in Bogotá, Colombia.

Asha Rangappa’s Career

Rangappa joined the New York Division of the FBI in 2001 as a Special Agent with a particular emphasis on counterintelligence investigations. She began her FBI training at Quantico, Virginia. She evaluated potential dangers to the nation’s security, carried out classified investigations into alleged foreign agents, and worked covertly.

Asha developed skills in surveillance technology, interview and interrogation methods, guns, and the use of lethal force when she was a member of the FBI. She lectures and publishes about leadership ethics, information warfare, and national security law.

Rangappa resigned from the FBI in 2005 to start a family. She went back to Yale and was appointed associate dean of the law school. She is now the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs’s director of admissions.

Asha has taught National Security Law and associated topics at Yale University, Wesleyan University, as well as the University of New Haven.

She has written columns of opinions for HuffPost, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal. She has made appearances as a pundit on networks including MSNBC, BBC, NPR, and others. Asha works for CNN as a legal and national security commentator.

Asha Rangappa Net Worth

Rangappa has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million. Her salary is roughly $255,956. Rangappa has built his wealth over the years that she has served in law and mainstream media. Her career has enabled her to create a sustainable livelihood.

How Tall is Asha Rangappa?

Asha stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches.

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