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RAND work on public safety issues ranges from policing and prisons to violent crime and the illegal drug trade, as well as homeland security and emergency preparedness. RAND delivers research that reflects our core values of quality and objectivity and helps inform policy debates that are often riddled with arguments driven not by evidence but by emotion and ideology.

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Terry Fain

Project Associate
M.A. in sociology, Vanderbilt University; M.S. in clinical psychology, California State University Los Angeles

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D Steven Fox

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.D. in internal medicine/pediatric medicine, Dartmouth College; M.Sc. in tropical medicine & public health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; M.S. in atmospheric physics, University of Washington; B.S. in physical oceanography, University of Washington

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Daniela Golinelli

Statistician; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in statistics, University of Washington, Seattle

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Sarah Michal Greathouse

Associate Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; M.S. in psychology, Florida International University; B.S. in psychology, Western Illinois University; B.S. in sociology, Western Illinois University

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Victoria A. Greenfield

Senior Economist
B.S. in agricultural economics, Cornell University; Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics, UC Berkeley; M.S. in agricultural and resource economics, UC Berkeley

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Beth Ann Griffin

Statistician
Ph.D. in biostatistics, Harvard University; S.M. in biostatistics, Harvard University; B.A. in mathematics, University of Pennsylvania

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Mark Hanson

Senior Project Associate
Ph.D. in policy, planning and development, Universtiy of Southern California; M.P.A. in public affairs, Indiana University; M.S. in environmental science and policy, Indiana University; B.S. in psychobiology and business administration, University of California, Los Angeles

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Paul Heaton

Acting Director, RAND Law, Business, and Regulation; Acting Director, RAND Institute for Civil Justice; Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, Brigham Young University

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Eric Helland

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in economics, Washington University in St. Louis

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Laura J. Hickman

Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice, University of Maryland

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Lara Hilton

Research Programmer Analyst
B.A. in sociology, University of California, Berkeley; M.P.H. in community health sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

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Scott Hiromoto

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, St. Andrews University

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John Hollywood

Operations Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in operations research, MIT; B.S. in applied mathematics, MIT

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Priscillia Hunt

Senior Analyst
Ph.D. in economics, University of Warwick; M.A. in economics, University of Connecticut; B.A. in international commerce, L'Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Montpellier; B.A. in international business, Texas Tech University

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Martin Y. Iguchi

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. and M.A. in experimental psychology, Boston University; A.B. in liberal arts, Vassar College

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Brian A. Jackson

Senior Physical Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in bioinorganic chemistry, California Institute of Technology; M.A. in science, technology, and public policy, The George Washington University; B.S. in chemistry, Haverford College

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Christopher M. Johnson

Associate Political Scientist
Ph.D. in planning and regional studies, London School of Economics and Political Science; M.S. in city planning, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in linguistics, Swarthmore College

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Arthur L. Kellermann

Vice President, RAND Corporation; Director, RAND Health; Paul O'Neill Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.D., Emory University; M.P.H., University of Washington; B.S. in biology, Rhodes College

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Beau Kilmer

Codirector, RAND Drug Policy Research Center; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in public policy, Harvard University; M.P.P., University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in international relations, Michigan State University

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Tom LaTourrette

Senior Physical Scientist
Ph.D. in geology, California Institute of Technology; B.A. in geology, University of California, Berkeley

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