Ratna Dougherty

Ratna B. Dougherty's background is in local government and city management, and during her PhD, she studied public administration with a focus on governance and public policy. Her research interests lay in inter-organizational networks, and how organizations should and do end up working together. She researches local government issues in the emergency management context, focused on disaster response and recovery, and the various facets that impact it. Overarchingly, she is concerned with collaborative governance and how that contributes to resilience in our governance policies.