Amanda Kerrigan is a China policy researcher at RAND. Her current work primarily focuses on China’s evolving approach to artificial general intelligence (AGI). At RAND, she has also researched and written on stabilizing U.S.-China relations, strategic competition, Track II dialogues, and China’s space capabilities. Previously, she was a research scientist in the China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division at CNA, where she examined the development of China’s artificial intelligence sector and PRC perceptions of U.S. military operations and activities worldwide.
From 2015 to 2016, Kerrigan was a Fulbright Fellow in China, studying protests within the country’s health care system and their implications for the Chinese political system’s capacity to adapt to social conflict. Her additional professional experience includes work with the China Practice at the Albright Stonebridge Group and collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine International.
Kerrigan holds a Ph.D. in China studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, an M.A. in Chinese politics and diplomacy from Fudan University in Shanghai, and a B.S.F.S. in Asian studies from Georgetown University.
Ph.D. in China Studies, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in Chinese Politics and Diplomacy, Fudan University; B.S. in Asian Studies, Georgetown University
Mandarin (advanced); Spanish (proficient)
