Katherine L. Kuzminski is the Deputy Director of Studies and the Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society (MVS) Program at CNAS. Her research specializations include Department of Defense institutional and organizational design and management; ground force capability development; military recruitment, retention, and talent management policy; and civil-military relations. She is also an adjunct instructor of strategy, policy, and military operations in the Georgetown Security Studies Program. Kuzminski returned to CNAS from the RAND Corporation, where she was a political scientist researching military personnel policy and ground force capability development. From 2013 to 2017, Kuzminski served as a Research Associate, Bacevich Fellow, and Fellow for the CNAS MVS Program. Kuzminski has testified before the congressionally mandated National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service. Her research and analysis have been featured on NPR, BBC, Federal News Radio, NBC Nightly News, The Washington Post, and Politico. She is completing her PhD in security studies from Kansas State University, where she earned her BS in military history and an MA in security studies.