Kaitlyn Lenkeit
Kaitlyn Lenkeit is a Research Associate at the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Prior to joining CGSR, Kaitlyn attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her B.A. in Global Studies (Peace & Conflict, Europe & Russia) and Russian language & literature. While at UC Berkeley, she was awarded the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad in St. Petersburg; she also conducted research on deaths of despair for Professor M. Steven Fish, and with the UC Berkeley Nuclear Policy Working Group (NPWG). She competed as a traveling member of the UC Berkeley Model United Nations team, and in her spare time, enjoys backpacking and exploring nature.
Her research emphasis at LLNL focuses on major power rivalry and conflict in the information space. She is currently exploring the divergence between rhetoric and doctrine as it applies to the Russian nuclear posture and how information is instrumentalized to meet geopolitical goals.
