Karlyn D. Stanley

Senior Policy Analyst; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Washington Office

Education

J.D., Columbus School of Law, Catholic University; B.A. in political science, University of Michigan

One Page Bio

Overview

Karlyn Stanley is a senior policy analyst at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at Pardee RAND Graduate School.

As a lawyer, her career 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 has leveraged her expertise in administrative law and regulation in projects for RAND's National Security Research Division, Arroyo Center, Social and Economic Well-being and Institute for Civil Justice. She served as a telecommunications subject matter expert for the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) project in Puerto Rico, where she applied the experience gained from her work as a law firm partner and senior attorney at AT&T.

An expert on the legal and policy dimensions of autonomous vehicles, she is the lead author of a RAND study of the impact of autonomous vehicles on automobile insurance. She has expertise in fifth generation (5G),"smart cities," and other emerging technologies. She has leveraged her experience as a federal prosecutor in numerous RAND projects concerning cybercrime investigation and prosecution, digital evidence, electronic surveillance, and anti-corruption regulation and assessment.

She teaches a course in international business ethics as an adjunct professor at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. She is an accomplished public speaker and has presented RAND research internationally and throughout the United States.

Research Focus

Concurrent Non-RAND Positions

Adjunct Professor, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Recent Projects

How are Emerging Legal Regimes for Autonomous Vehicles Likely to Affect Public Welfare and Liability?
Assessing Host Nation and Operational Contract Support in Europe
Recovery Plan for the Communications and Information Technology Sector after Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Laying the Foundation for the Digital Transformation of Puerto Rico
The End of Sanctuary: Protecting the Army's Installations from Emerging Threats
Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Auto Insurance

Selected Publications

Karlyn D. Stanley, Michelle Grise, James Anderson, Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Auto Insurance , RAND (RR-4468-ICJ), 2020

Loredo, Elvira N., Karlyn D. Stanley, Ryan Consaul, Jordan R. Reimer, and Anita Szafran, The End of Sanctuary: Protecting the Army's Installations from Emerging Threats, RAND Corporation (RR-A107-1), 2020

Amado Cordova and Karlyn D. Stanley, "Public Private Partnership for Building a Resilient Broadband Infrastructure in Puerto Rico," Telecommunications Policy, (No. 4), 2021

Cordova, Amado, Ryan Consaul, Karlyn D. Stanley, Ajay Kochar, Ricardo Sanchez, David Metz, Recovery Plan for the Communications and Information Technology Sector after Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Laying the Foundation for the Digital Transformation of Puerto Rico, RAND (RR-2599), 2020

Anderson, James M., Nidhi Kalra, Karlyn D. Stanley, Paul Sorensen, Constantine Samaras, and Tobi A. Oluwatola, Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers, RAND Corporation (RR-443-1-RC), 2014

Stanley, Karlyn D., Elvira N. Loredo, Nicholas E. Burger, Jeremy N. V. Miles, and Clinton W. Saloga, Business Bribery Risk Assessment, RAND Corporation (RR-839-TII), 2014

Publications

Journal Article
A Comparative Look at Various Countries' Legal Regimes Governing Automated Vehicles
This article summarizes the makeup of AV legal regimes of Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom, with a focus on law and policy relating to highly to fully automated vehicles.
Nov 27, 2023
Draft
Unmanned Cargo Vessels: A Working Paper
The world’s oceans support the large cargo ships that carry the bulk of global trade and commerce. Yet, as this working paper shows, countries vary in their approaches to adopting unmanned cargo ships, and these variations merit careful study and analysis.
Oct 24, 2023
Report
Cyberstalking: A Growing Challenge for the U.S. Legal System
The authors enhance the understanding of cyberstalking by offering the first empirical analysis on federal cyberstalking cases. The results of in-depth interviews with law enforcement, prosecutors, and victims' advocacy groups are also presented.
Jun 29, 2023
Journal Article
Building A Resilient Telecommunications Sector in Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Describes courses of action for rebuilding the telecommunications sector in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Significant progress has been made, but substantial investment is still required to achieve a resilient, robust telecommunications sector.
Aug 3, 2021
Report
Analyzing a More Resilient National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capability
The authors assess the costs associated with realistic threats to domestic, nonmilitary uses of the Global Positioning System (GPS), and consider possible additions to the positioning, navigation, and timing ecosystem in light of those costs.
May 17, 2021
Journal Article
Public-private Partnership for Building a Resilient Broadband Infrastructure in Puerto Rico
This article will explore the use of an innovative approach to a public-private partnership to spur the deployment of broadband and create more resilient telecommunications networks in Puerto Rico.
May 1, 2021
Report
Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Auto Insurance
RAND researchers investigated the impact that autonomous vehicles (AVs) could have on U.S. automobile insurance. They found that the existing U.S. auto insurance system should be flexible enough to accommodate the initial introduction of AVs.
Dec 17, 2020
Report
The End of Sanctuary: Protecting the Army's Installations from Emerging Threats
RAND researchers catalog innovative and emerging threats to Army installations, identify deficiencies in the Army's current threat assessment methodologies, and develop a framework to respond to these threats.
Nov 10, 2020
Report
Recovery Plan for the Communications and Information Technology Sector After Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Laying the Foundation for the Digital Transformation of Puerto Rico
Authors assess Puerto Rico's communications and information technology sector needs after damage caused during the 2017 hurricanes and present courses of action that will help the sector recover and move forward in a sustainable and resilient manner.
Sep 30, 2020
Report
Unclassified and Secure: A Defense Industrial Base Cyber Protection Program for Unclassified Defense Networks
This report describes a way for the U.S. Department of Defense to better secure unclassified networks holding defense information -- through the establishment of a cybersecurity program designed to strengthen the protections of these networks.
Mar 30, 2020
Report
Automating Army Convoys: Technical and Tactical Risks and Opportunities
How should the U.S. Army develop and integrate automated driving technology for its convoy operations in the next one to five years? The authors examine the technical and tactical benefits and risks of employment concepts for automated trucks.
Feb 5, 2020
Report
Business Bribery Risk Assessment
Report introduces a new index, the TRACE Matrix, for business bribery risk assessment. The index provides a quick and useful guide for businesses operating overseas based on a conceptual model of bribery risk and supported by data specific to firms.
May 13, 2019
Report
Rethinking Insurance and Liability in the Transformative Age of Autonomous Vehicles
The "Rethinking Insurance and Liability in the Transformative Age of Autonomous Vehicles" workshop examined the implications of autonomous vehicle technology for insurance and liability regimes. This publication summarizes key issues from the event.
Jun 8, 2018
Report
Moving to the Unclassified: How the Intelligence Community Can Work from Unclassified Facilities
This report provides analysis and recommendations for intelligence agencies on how to conduct work outside classified facilities by identifying policy, legal, technology, security, financial, and cultural considerations.
Apr 23, 2018
Report
Law Enforcement Cyber Center: Final Technical Report
Cybercrime is a challenge for local and state law enforcement. The Law Enforcement Cyber Center (LECC) was established to provide a resource to combat cybercrime. This report summarizes the LECC's activities and provides recommendations.
Jan 15, 2018
Report
Can Smartphones and Privacy Coexist? Assessing Technologies and Regulations Protecting Personal Data on Android and iOS Devices
This report assesses smartphone users' privacy from technical and regulatory perspectives. It describes a literature review, experiments on Google's Android and Apple's iOS, and federal regulation for protecting privacy in the United States.
Oct 27, 2016
Report
Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers
Autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to significantly improve social welfare. This report addresses the numerous legislative, regulatory, and liability issues this technology will raise.
Mar 22, 2016
Journal Article
Legal Accelerators and Brakes for Deployment of Automated Vehicles
This chapter will review three questions that prompted discussion at the 2014 Symposium on Vehicle Automation as potential accelerators or brakes for deployment of automated vehicles.
Jun 1, 2015
Report
Authorities and Options for Funding USSOCOM Operations
This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes over funding responsibilities for SOF.
Jun 3, 2014
Research Brief
Autonomous Vehicle Technology: How to Best Realize Its Social Benefits
RAND researchers examined the technological advances in the field of autonomous vehicles, the benefits and risks of this technology, and the potential effects of various regulations and absence of same on the development of this technology.
Jan 6, 2014
Report
Anti-Corruption Regulations in Emerging and Expeditionary Markets: New Markets, New Challenges
This document synthesizes the discussion from a roundtable symposium RAND convened in January 2012 to explore the practical difficulties facing companies in complying with anti-corruption mandates and the challenges of corruption in foreign markets.
Jun 15, 2012