John Godges is an adjunct research communications analyst at RAND. He came to RAND in 1997 as the communications analyst for Project AIR FORCE. He was editor-in-chief of RAND Review from 1998 to 2014. He also directed the production and editing of three landmark collections of RAND essays on counterterrorism, marking the first, fifth, and tenth anniversaries of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2014, he returned to working with research project teams, focused on classified reports and briefings for Project AIR FORCE and the National Defense Research Institute. He converted to adjunct status in 2024 but continues to work in the classified domains. He holds an M.P.P. in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, an M.J. in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, and an A.B. in American studies from Georgetown University.
M.P.P. in public policy, Harvard University; M.J. in journalism, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in American Studies, Georgetown University
