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Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh

Jennifer is a senior political scientist. She leads RAND’s Countering Truth Decay initiative, a portfolio of projects exploring the diminishing reliance on facts and analysis in U.S. political and civil discourse. Jennifer is also the Director of the Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources program in RAND’s Arroyo Center, which supports the U.S. Army. Jennifer’s research interests include the changing media landscape, the effects of the new information environment on national security, and military strategy. Jennifer is a faculty member at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and teaches research methods courses as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. While completing her Ph.D., she was a Department of Homeland Security fellow and completed a research internship at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Kavanagh graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in government and a minor in Russian language. She earned her Ph.D. in political science and public policy at the University of Michigan.

RELATED RESOURCES

Kavanagh, Jennifer. Michael D. Rich. Truth Decay. RAND Corporation.

Countering Truth Decay. RAND Corporation. 

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