Rachel Hoff

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Policy Director, Ronald Reagan Institute

Education:

MGPS, LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin

B.A. Political Science, Tufts University

Teaching Areas:

U.S. Foreign Policy

Government Institutions

Rachel Hoff teaches a course on U.S. foreign policy with a focus on government institutions at the LBJ Washington Center. She previously taught writing and communication for global policy at the LBJ School.

Rachel serves as Policy Director at the Ronald Reagan Institute, the Washington DC office of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Before joining the Institute, she was Speechwriter and Policy Advisor for John McCain at the Senate Armed Services Committee. Rachel has conducted research and outreach for a number of think tanks in Washington, including the American Enterprise Institute, the American Action Forum, and the Foreign Policy Initiative, an organization she helped found in 2009. She also worked as a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Mac Thornberry.

Rachel received a master’s degree in Global Policy Studies from the LBJ School and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Tufts University. She was born and raised on U.S. military bases in Tokyo, Japan.