Director, Infrastructure, Immigration, and Security Operations Program, RAND Homeland Security Research Division; Senior Political Scientist, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
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Patricia Stapleton is director of the Infrastructure, Immigration, and Security Operations (IISO) Program in the RAND Homeland Security Research Division (HSRD), a senior political scientist at RAND, and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. Her research interests include the regulation of emerging technologies—especially genetic engineering techniques—and risk assessment, management, communication, and regulation in a number of issue areas.
At RAND, Stapleton has led and contributed to projects that engage with science and technology topics, including defining and mapping the U.S. bioeconomy, identifying and evaluating best practices for research and innovation management across the Department of Homeland Security, and documenting the evidence base for emerging technologies in health care. She has also sought to develop work in emerging tech regulation, with particular interest in how technologies are assessed and adopted in agriculture and food production.
Before joining RAND, Stapleton was director of the Society, Technology, & Policy Program and an assistant professor of political science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in political science from the CUNY Graduate Center, as well as an M.A. in French literature from Rutgers University.
Ph.D. in political science, City University of New York - Graduate Center; M.Phil in political science, City University of New York - Graduate Center; M.A. in French Literature, Rutgers University; B.A. in French, Ursinus College
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