Jesse Kirkpatrick

Jesse Kirkpatrick currently serves as Co-Director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center at George Mason University and has held various leadership roles within the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the same institution, including Acting Director and Assistant Director. With a significant career dedicated to ethical analysis and policy innovation, Kirkpatrick also contributes as a Fellow at New America and works as an Ethics Consultant for Noblis, specializing in bioethics and responsible AI. Additionally, Kirkpatrick is a Senior Associate at Principia Advisory, focusing on organizational ethics. Previous experience includes roles as a Politico-Military Research Consultant at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Assistant Professor at Radford University, and Postdoctoral Fellow at the United States Naval Academy. Education includes a PhD in Political Science and Government from the University of Maryland, along with a B.S. in Speech Communication and Rhetoric from Emerson College.