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Molly Dunigan serves as Senior Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST) and Director of the Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program at RAND Arroyo Center. She liaises with U.S. Army senior leaders, oversees 40+ Army-funded projects, manages $12M+ annual budgets, teaches courses for up to 60 students, and advises graduate theses.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. and MA in Government from Cornell University
- BA in Political Science and Economics from Vassar College
Dunigan specializes in the future of warfare, grand strategy, great power conflict dynamics, strategic competition, military privatization, outsourcing, operational contract support, civil-military relations, civilian deployment, counterinsurgency, and maritime security. As an internationally recognized expert on private security contracting, her work appears in refereed journals and major media including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Time Magazine.
Her recent publications reveal consistent focus on private military actors in modern conflict, civilian deployment challenges, and great power competition frameworks. Key themes include Wagner Group analysis, contractor mental health, operational contract support systems, and reintegration practices for expeditionary civilians across federal agencies.
Dunigan advises multiple graduate theses annually while managing substantial research portfolios. Her leadership involves direct engagement with Army leadership to shape doctrine, resource allocation, and strategic frameworks for emerging security challenges.
She directs research teams examining expeditionary civilian integration, operational contract support workforce development, and competitive strategies below armed conflict thresholds, directly informing U.S. Army planning through RAND's Arroyo Center.
