Innovations in Student Leadership Conference

Cathryn Quantic Thurston is a researcher at the RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C. where she works primarily on projects for the US Army and the intelligence community. Her most significant work has focused on designing measures of effectiveness for the Army's peacetime international activities with foreign militaries as well as for post-conflict reconstruction activities. Dr. Thurston is an adjunct faculty member of the George Mason University School of Public Policy in the Peace Operations Program where she teaches conflict analysis and resolution. From 1995-2000, Dr. Thurston was a West Europe/NATO analyst for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence on the Army Staff. Dr. Thurston holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University. Ms. Thurston holds an MA in International Relations from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and a BA in International Studies from the University of Denver.