Elisa Yoshiara is a Ph.D. student in the Research, Analysis, and Design stream at the RAND School of Public Policy and an assistant policy analyst at RAND. She has a Master’s in Public Policy from Georgetown University and a B.A. in peace and conflict studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Pardee RAND, she spent five years evaluating federal programs across a number of policy areas (including international trade, housing finance, and defense contracting) at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Her research examines the intersection between mineral resources and conflict in developing countries.
M.P.P. in public policy, Georgetown University; B.A. in peace and conflict studies, U.C. Berkeley
