Mary Anne Thesis, PhD, JD, RN, CNE, CMCN is a professor of graduate nursing at Purdue University Global. As an attorney she brings a legal prespective to the area of diaster nursing. She has written and presented in diaster nursing, She holds a law degree from Syracuse University with a specialization in medical litigation, a PhD from Capella University in education with a specialization in intructional design for online learning, and a master's in nursing from Syracuse University as a clinical nurse specialist. She is board-certified as a nurse educator and managed-care nurse.