Sarah Harting, SSP‘07
Senior International/Defense Researcher; Professor RAND School of Public Policy
“SSP empowered me with new analytic tools and critical thinking skills, and also the humility to continuously challenge fundamental assumptions. These skills have been essential for a profession in national security and for cultivating our next generation of leaders and scholars.”
Sarah Harting is a senior international and defense researcher at RAND and directs RAND's Stanton nuclear security fellowship program. She is also a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on U.S. defense strategy and doctrine, and defense technology competition and policy issues. She leads multidisciplinary teams of scientists, engineers, technologists, operations researchers, and policy analysts to address complex challenges for the U.S. Department of War (DoW). She is also involved in scenario development and analytic gaming efforts across RAND. She has co-authored several RAND publications and op-eds published by the New York Times and U.S. News & World Report.