Ms. Lauren Hagy is a senior research specialist at CNA’s Institute for Public Research, where she supports research, training, and assessment efforts related to domestic violent extremism. As part of her work, she helped develop and analyze CNA’s Domestic Terrorism Offender-Level Database, perform program evaluations of behavioral threat assessment and management teams, and conduct a domestic terrorism threat and capability assessment for a major metropolitan area in the US. Ms. Hagy holds a master’s degree in security studies from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Boston University.