Biography
Allison M. Frendak-Blume is an Assistant Professor at the George Mason School of Public Policy, where she is Director of the Peace Operations and Public Policy program. She is an expert on conflict analysis and resolution and international peacekeeping. She has been associated with the George Mason School of Public Policy since 2001.

Dr. Frendak-Blume is a leading researcher in the field of peace operations and is the developer of the fifth version of the Conceptual Model of Peace Operations, a domain model capturing the functions, tasks, relationships, and organizations involved in these operations. She regularly consults with agencies such as NATO and the National Defense University to assess the performance of civilian military actors in peace operations in countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Dr. Frendak-Blume has also served as a consultant to a variety of humanitarian organizations including Save The Children Federation in Sarajevo (1998), the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia (1999-2002), and the United States Institute of Peace (2000-2002 as a research assistant, and since February 2004 as a program consultant.)

Areas of Expertise
History
Russia/Soviet Union
Balkans
Conflict analysis and resolution
Peacekeeping