MICHELLE FRASHER, Ph.D.

International Relations Specialist

US-EU Privacy and Data Protectionand Monetary Affairs

10+ years research experience in executive level policy-making within the G10, G5, G7, G20 and the IMF. US and European government and corporate data protection and privacy policies for regulatory reporting and macroprudential risk assessment as well as counter-terrorism operations. Can easily convey government and financial services viewpoints thatfacilitate successful dialogues across cultures and industries.

expertise Research SKILLS Client-Facing

US & EU Data Protection & Privacy Law
AML/CTF Compliance
US- EU Financial Regulation
International Financial Architecture /
  • Multilingual Archival Research
  • Top-Level Leader Interviews
  • Political Process-Tracing
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office & Virtual Conferencing
  • English, German, reading French
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  • Top-rated Instructor
  • Executive Interaction
  • Leader at US & International Conferences and Meetings
  • Experience with US Military & UN Representatives

grants & honors

2014-2015SWIFT Institute Research Grant (€15,000)

“Multinational Banking and Conflicts among US-EU AML/CTF Compliance & Privacy Law"

2013-14 Fulbright-Schuman Scholar – US Department of State and European Commission

2013National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)/ American Library Association (ALA) Grant

education training

2005 Goethe Institute, Bonn, Germany. Intensive German, Highest Mark - 4

2003 Ph.D. History/International Relations, TexasA&MUniversity, College Station, TX

1997 M.A. History/M.A. Political Science, OhioUniversity, Athens, OH

1996 Foreign Policy Symposium, Women in International Security, Washington, D.C.

1994 B.A. International Studies/B.A. German, The OhioStateUniversity, Columbus, OH

1993 Diplom, University of Vienna, Austria

academic & RESEARCH positions

2014 Fulbright Schuman Research Scholar, University of Gent, Belgium/University of Malta

2009-2014 Assistant Prof., Dept. of History and Political Science, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY

2004-09 Visiting Assistant Prof., Dept. of Political Science, Ohio University, Athens, OH

2006-08 Adjunct Prof., Dept. of Government, New Mexico State University,Holloman AFB

1999-00 Graduate Researcher, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University

1998-00 Graduate Fellow, The Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University

LEADERSHIP & CONSULTATION

2012-15Chair, 2013-15Committee Member, Society for Women in International Political Economy (SWIPE) Mentor Award Committee, International Studies Association (ISA)

2012-14 Governing Council Member, Research Committee on Political Power, International Political Science Association (IPSA)

2010 Consultant for classroom technology (political simulation) for Pearson Longman

selected publications

2014 Information Statecraft: States, Financial Institutions, Individuals and the Politics of Data.

  • With Joseph Cannataci, University of Malta(Stanford University Press, due December 2014)

Harvard Business Review. HBR.org. 18 June 2014.“Greater Privacy Protection Isn’t a Threat to Innovation:”

2013Transatlantic Politics and the Transformation of the International Monetary System.

  • Foreword by Jacques de Larosière. (Routledge)

Business Horizons Special Issue, The Politics of International Finance:

  • “Adequacy v. Equivalency: Financial Data Protection and the US-EU Divide”;
  • “The Cross-Atlantic Tussle over Financial Data and Privacy Rights” with Travis Selmier
  • “EU/US Privacy Rights and the Challenge to International Banking: An interview with Joe Cannataci” with Travis Selmier

Annals of Cultural Studies, University of Lublin, Poland. “Violence, Law & Culture: The Social Construction of US and European Privacy Identities and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation.”

SELECTED roundtables & presentations

US Embassy, Malta April 2014

Honored Guest with Invited members of the Maltese Financial Services

Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations. United Nations University, NY. April 2013

Preventing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction to Non-State Actors in the Arab world.

International Studies Association (ISA), San Francisco, CA. April 2013

  • Panel Organizer: Information Statecraft: The Cross-Atlantic Tussle over Financial Data and Privacy Rights.
  • Paper:Information Statecraft: The Politics and Power of Data Control in Security and Finance.

The Center on International Cooperation and The Stanley Foundation.NYUMidtownCenter July 2012

Lourdes Aranda Bezaury, DeputyForeign Minister, Mexico.Results of the G20 Los Cabos Summit

International Political Science Association (IPSA), Madrid, Spain. July 2012

  • Panel:Country-Specific Case Studies in Soft and Smart Power.
  • Invited Paper:America's Soft Wedge: Acquiring European Financial Data to Combat Terrorism.

American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (APSA), Seattle, WA. September 2011

  • Panel: The Dialectics of Monetary Policy in the Era of Globalization.
  • Paper: The Politics of Ambiguity: The IMF’s Article IV and the Domestic/Systemic Divide.

ISA, New Orleans, LA. February 2010

  • Panel Organizer: Counter-Terrorist Financing in Context: Political, Institutional, & Rights-Based Perspectives.
  • Paper: Following the Money: Financial Statecraft, Security & Actionable Intelligence in Counter-Terrorism.

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). Columbus, OH. June 2008

Society for French Historical Studies (SFHS). New Brunswick, NJ. April 2008

  • Paper: Power, Position, and Posturing: Franco-American Diplomacy and the World's Money.

Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Tarnowie. Tarnow, Poland. December 2007

  • Invited Speaker: Negotiating Definitions: The Language of US Financial Diplomacy, 1971-1976.

Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Warwick, UK. September 2007

  • Paper: Speaking the Same Language? Transatlantic, Terrorist Financing and the Role of Regional Regimes.