Julia Bandini is a behavioral and social scientist at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Her research centers around care for vulnerable and seriously-ill individuals including end-of-life care, palliative and hospice care, and advance care planning. At RAND, her work has also focused on sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the Army. She is trained in qualitative research methods, including conducting and analyzing interviews, ethnographic observations, and focus groups. Prior to coming to RAND, her research focused on family experiences of grief and bereavement following end-of-life decision-making in the intensive care setting. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University.
Ph.D. in sociology, Brandeis University; B.A. in sociology, College of the Holy Cross
