Rachel M. McCleary is a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.

Her research focuses on the political economy of religion, through which she conducts cross-country studies on religion, religious beliefs, and aspects of economic development. At present, she is researching trends in the field of U.S. international relief and development from 1939 to 2005. In addition, Rachel is conducting a multi-year project on the relationship between political tolerance and religious tolerance.

Handbook of the Economics of Religion Oxford University Press
Edited Volume Forthcoming 2010	Global Compassion: Private Voluntary Agencies and U.S. Foreign Policy since 1939	Dictating Democracy: Guatemalan Elites and the End of Violent Revolution	Seeking Justice: Ethics and International Affairs

Rachel Holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago, a Master of Theological Studies from Emory University, and a B.A. from Indiana University.