Olivia M McDonaldDr. Olivia M. McDonald has over 20 years of combined management and University level instructional experience in comparative public policy and public management with a proven record of successful instruction in academia. Dr. McDonald monitors foreignand domestic risk perception and communication of public policy options, having received her earned Ph.D. (1986) in political science specializing in public policy, comparative politics, comparative public administration, and quantitative analysis from Purdue University; and, M.P.A. and B.A. (1978 and 1977) in public affairs, political science, and philosophy from Indiana University. Dr. McDonald's current areas of strategic interest include: Politics of Definition in Times of War and Natural Disaster International Peacekeeping/Nation-Building/Humanitarian Initiatives Transnational Criminal Activity Detection with a Focus on Human Trafficking Knowledge Definition & Diffusion in a Global Society, and, Evaluation of Crisis Response for Natural and Unnatural Disasters Read More Read Less