Elizabeth Joslyn

Elizabeth “Betsy” Joslyn is a Joint Military Operations and Wargaming Analyst for the Joint Advanced Warfighting Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses. Her game research and design has largely focused on great power competition, distributed logistics, and risk literacy. She received a Master of Science in Terrorism and Homeland Security Policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs following her Peace Corps service in Zambia. In addition, she is the co-chair of Connections Next Generation, head of programming for the Women’s Wargaming Network, an instructor for the Military Operations Research Society, a research associate for the wargaming blog, PAXsims, and a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University teaching a course entitled ‘Foundations of Wargaming Analysis’.