Kelsey Coolidge (she/her/hers) is a social science researcher and non-profit professional with a specialization in peace and conflict, gender, urbanization, and environmental sustainability. This expertise is crafted from a curiosity to better understand current global challenges in order to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful future. Kelsey is driven to translate vision into action by employing monitoring and evaluation techniques as well as data-based evidence to help non-profits thrive. She joins the War Prevention Initiative after six years of experience in research, non-profit administration, and strategic communications.

She is published author of multiple reports, op-ed pieces, and discussion papers. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post’s The Monkey Cage, Daily Camera, Inkstick Media, and other organizational blogs.

She received her master’s in International Administration from the Korbel School for International Studies at the University of Denver in 2016. Her bachelor’s degree is from the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy at Seton Hall University in 2012. She enjoys testing the upper limits of her phone’s data capacity with photos of her two cats, Biggie and Tupac, as well as soaking in the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.