Larissa Fast earned her Ph.D. (2002) from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR), at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Her research has focused primarily on violence against aid workers, and she is currently working on a book manuscript titled Aid in Danger. Other research interests include humanitarian politics, development and conflict, evaluation, and peacebuilding. She has worked for international organizations, primarily in North America and Africa, as a project manager, consultant, and trainer.
Fast's recent publications include articles on NGO security (Disasters, August 2007) and co-authored articles on evaluation and peacebuilding (Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 2005) and a forthcoming chapter on violence against aid workers in the European Journal of International Relations. She was co-editor for a textbook on conflict resolution (Cheldelin, Druckman, and Fast, 2nd edition, 2007).
