About the Author

Janice Humphreys, PhD, RN, NP, FAANis Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Practice in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at the University of California at San Francisco. Previous to her position at UCSF, Dr. Humphreys taught at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Schools of Nursing. She is a Pediatric Nursing Practitioner and actively serves in several professional organizations including elected offices for the Nursing network on Violence Against Women (Pres. 2003 -'05) ; American Academy of Nursing Co-chair Expert Panel on Violence (2006 - now); and Board Member for the Academy on Violence and Abuse (2008 -present). She is an ad hoc referee for numerous professional journals, including J of Family Nursing; J of Midwifery/Women's Health; Nursing Research; Clin Child & Family psychology; J of Interpersonal Violence J of Pediatrics, Nursing Outlook, and Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (invited 2006).

Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN is Professor and Anna D. Wolf Chair at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore. She is the recipent of multiple honors and awards, including several recent awards of merit: Duke Univ Distinguished Contributions to Nursing Science Award (2008) and the Jeanne Gieger Crisis Changemaker Award (along with Sen. Joe Biden & Eve Ensler 2007) and three honorary doctorates (U of Goteberg, Sweden; U Mass, & Grand Valley State Univ, Michigan). Her >150 publications include peer-reviewed research, book chapters and six books. She has served as Consultant numerous times on health disparities, minority health promotion, and interdisciplinary research training on violence, among others. Her incredibly vast funded research spans a variety of funding sources including: NIH, NIJ, CDC & DOD; and a variety of abuse topics including: Abuse status/Health Consequences for African Am/Afro-Caribbean Women, Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation, Health/Employment Outcomes of Workplace Violence for Nursing Personnel; Eval of Intimate Partner Violence Intervention; Risk Assessment Validation Studies; Understanding Causes of Violence in Northern India; among others. Dr. Campbell is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (1988).