Caitlin Talmadge
Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Associate Professor
Political Science
MIT political scientist and alumna Caitlin Talmadge PhD ‘11, the Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, a member of the Security Studies Program, and a core member of the MIT Center for Nuclear Security Policy, scrutinizes military postures and international dynamics to understand the risks of escalation. “It’s important for me to do scholarship that speaks to real-world problems,” she says.
