Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
Karlyn Stanley is a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy.
Stanley is a lawyer whose career has focused on technology, including building and leading technology-focused legal practices for two international companies and a national law firm, handling high-profile regulatory litigation as a senior lawyer at AT&T, and prosecuting white-collar crime as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. She led a RAND project on AI Governance issues that provides concise briefs on key issues to Congressional staff members on Capitol Hill. She is a subject matter expert on the legal and policy dimensions of autonomous vehicles and is the lead author of a 2020 RAND study of the impact of autonomous vehicles on automobile insurance. She led a 2024 RAND study of the new legal regimes for autonomous vehicles in six countries (China, Japan, Germany, France, Australia and the United Kingdom) and four U.S. states.
Stanley teaches a course about the ethical dilemmas of new and emerging technologies as an adjunct professor at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She also teaches a course concerning new and emerging technologies at the RAND School of Public Policy. She is an accomplished public speaker and has presented RAND research internationally and throughout the United States.
J.D., Columbus School of Law, Catholic University; B.A. in political science, University of Michigan
Adjunct Professor, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
