Allison Frendak-Blume

Assistant Professor

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Allison M. Frendak-Blume is an Assistant Professor at the George Mason School of Public Policy. From 2004-08, she served as academic director for the Masters in New Professional Studies: Peace Operations degree. She is an expert on conflict analysis and resolution and international peacekeeping.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Frendak-Blume worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina with Save the Children/US, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Conflict Resolution Catalysts/Danas za Bolja Sutra (1997-98). She first became associated with SPP’s Peace Operations program in June 1999 by supporting training efforts using the “Synthetic Environments for National Security Estimates” (S.E.N.S.E.) simulation developed by the Institute for Defense Analyses, and later became a consultant with that federally funded research and development center (1999-2002). Frendak-Blume has been consulting with the Professional Training Program at the United States Institute of Peace since 2004, training Iraqi, Polish, Moldovan, Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Georgian officials and nongovernmental actors in good governance and conflict resolution skills.

Professor Frendak-Blume developed 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 as well as 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.)

In addition to her teaching and research, she manages the monthly “Peace and Stability Operations Colloquium Series” with funding obtained through The Compton Foundation.

Areas of Research

Balkans
Conflict Analysis and Resolution
International Supervisory/Administrative Regimes
Peace Operations
Stability and Reconstruction Operations
U.S. Foreign Policy

Education
Ph.D., Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

M.A., Social Sciences, Montclair State University

B.A., History (Russian Area Studies), Seton Hall University

Professional Experience
2004 – Present, Academic Director, Peace Operations Policy Program, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.

2001 – 2004, Research Associate and Adjunct Faculty, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.

2004 – Present, S.E.N.S.E Program Officer, United States Institute Of Peace, Washington, D.C.

February 2000- July 2002, Research Assistant, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.

May 1999 – September 2002, Coach/Consultant. Institute For Defense Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia.

September 1998 – February 2002, Research Analyst, MURPHY & MACONACHY, INC., Fairfax, Virginia.

February 1998 – August 1998, International Consultant DANAS za BOLjE SUTRA, Sarajevo-Ilidza, BiH.

Publications & Research
Frendak-Blume, Allison M. 2006. Conceptualizing the peace operations environment. Journal of International Peace Operations 1, no. 6 (January-March) : 1.

2006. US military chaplains’ contact with local communities in Bosnia (1995-2002). Kernvraag 2, no. 135 : 67-74.

Davis, Dave, Allison Frendak-Blume, Jennifer Wheeler, and A.E.R. Woodcock. 2005. A conceptual model of counterterrorist operations. Intelligence and Security Informatics: IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2005, Proceedings 3495 : 305-317.

2004. Assessment of the effectiveness of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs in West Africa. (Research report prepared for the National Defense University).

Frendak-Blume, Allison M. 2004. Assessment of the effectiveness of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programs in West Africa (forthcoming).

Bailey, Robert, Dave Davis, Richard Cousens, and Allison Frendak-Blume. 2003. Development of force allocation rules for urban, rural, and border control in crisis response operations. Oxford-on-the-Henley, UK: Systems Consultants Services.

Frendak, Allison M., et al. (eds.) 2001. Conflict analysis and resolution: From marital discord to state transformation. Fairfax, Va.: Graduate Students in Conflict Studies.

Perry, Valery, Landon Hancock, and Allison Frendak. 2001. Perspectives of the Western European Union as portrayed in mainstream US media and other sources. In Conflict studies: Reflections on theory, practice, and research, ed. Alex Scheinman and Allison M. Frendak, 64-79. Fairfax, Va.: Graduate Students in Conflict Studies.

Frendak, Allison M. 2000. Religious dimensions in the battle for Kosovo: Violence and the sacred in the Serb mind. In Religious considerations of peace operations: Summary of workshop proceedings, ed. Ivan L. King, 143-195. Arlington, Va.: Program on Peacekeeping Policy.

Farrand, Robert W. “Bill,” with Allison M. Frendak-Blume. Brcko: Bringing order to chaos. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press (forthcoming).

Books
Farrand, Robert W. “Bill,” with Allison M. Frendak-Blume. Brcko: Bringing order to chaos. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press (forthcoming).

Journal Articles and Reviews
Frendak-Blume, A. M. "Conceptualizing the Peace Operations Environment." Journal of International Peace Operations 1, no. 6 (2006).

Frendak-Blume, A. M.. "US military chaplains’ contact with local communities in Bosnia (1995-2002)." Kernvraag 2, no. 135 (2006): 67-74.

Reports
Davis, Dave, Allison Frendak-Blume, Jennifer Wheeler, and A.E.R. Woodcock. 2005. A conceptual model of counterterrorist operations. Intelligence and Security Informatics: IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2005, Proceedings 3495: 305-317.

Quick Facts

Ranked, by the National Science Foundation, as the number one program in its field for federal and total research expenditures.

Faculty have received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and are Fulbright Scholars and Mellon Fellowship recipients.

In 2007 and 2008, The School’s 45 faculty produced 21 books, 61 book chapters, 14 edited volumes, and 75 refereed journal articles.

For 2007 and 2008 The School’s sponsored research expenditures totaled $17 million, faculty submitted 179 proposals, and The School supported 43 doctoral students.

Research per full-time faculty member for FY 07-08 totaled $123,030, making SPP among the largest funded in the university.

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