Erin-Elizabeth Johnson is the managing editor at the RAND Corporation. She has more than 20 years of communications experience in a variety of fields, including defense and military affairs, international development and security, and education. She began working at RAND in 2007 as a research editor and was soon collaborating with researchers to devise communications strategies, unify content, and create compelling messages. As a communications analyst, she developed print, online, and multimedia materials to support projects, promote research findings to a broad audience, and increase public understanding of RAND's mission.
Before joining RAND, Johnson was an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, where she led business development for a foreign affairs department and managed projects funded by the Navy. As a consultant, she worked closely with the Marine Corps to develop the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate's first investment plan and with the Navy to define the Sea Shaping pillar.
Johnson graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in comparative literature and from Georgetown with an M.A. in security studies. Her master's thesis was on Chechen small arms and light weapons. In 2013, she completed a professional certificate program in graphic design.
Selected Publications
Isaac R. Porche III, Bradley Wilson, Erin-Elizabeth Johnson, "How Do We Deal with a Flood of Data?" Future Force, 1(2), 2014
Isaac R. Porche III, Bradley Wilson, Erin-Elizabeth Johnson, Shane Tierney, Evan Saltzman, Data Flood: Helping the Navy Address the Rising Tide of Sensor Information, RAND Corporation (RR-315), 2014
Lindsay Daugherty, Rafiq Dossani, Erin-Elizabeth Johnson, Cameron Wright, Families, Powered On: Improving Family Engagement in Early Childhood Education Through Technology, RAND Corporation (RR-673/5), 2014
Lindsay Daugherty, Rafiq Dossani, Erin-Elizabeth Johnson, Cameron Wright, Getting Early Childhood Educators Up and Running: Creating Strong Technology Curators, Facilitators, Guides, and Users, RAND Corporation (RR-673/4), 2014
Lindsay Daugherty, Rafiq Dossani, Erin-Elizabeth Johnson, Cameron Wright, Getting on the Same Page: Identifying Goals for Technology Use in Early Childhood Education, RAND Corporations (RR-673/1), 2014
Lindsay Daugherty, Rafiq Dossani, Erin-Elizabeth Johnson, Cameron Wright, Moving Beyond Screen Time: Redefining Developmentally Appropriate Technology Use in Early Childhood Education, RAND Corporation (RR-673/2), 2014
Lindsay Daugherty, Rafiq Dossani, Erin-Elizabeth Johnson, Mustafa Oguz, Using Early Childhood Education to Bridge the Digital Divide, RAND Corporation (PE-119), 2014
Howard J. Shatz, Erin-Elizabeth Johnson, The Islamic State We Knew: Insights Before the Resurgence and Their Implications, RAND Corporation (RR-1267), 2015