Lenore Walker, Ed.D., has been in the independent practice of psychology since she received her doctorate in psychology from Rutgers University, New Jersey, in 1972. Currently she is professor of psychology at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has been president of several divisions of the American Psychological Association, including the Society for the Psychology of Women, Psychologists in Independent Practice of Psychology, and Media Psychology. Dr. Walker has written twelve books in the area of violence against women including the now classic The Battered Woman, published in 1979. It was her research that named the Battered Woman syndrome. She has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress and in over four hundred cases where battered women have killed their husbands in self-defense. A veteran of many television news shows, Dr. Walker has traveled all over the world at the invitation of many countries trying to improve safety and life choices for women and children. She has two grown children, five stepchildren, and four grandchildren and lives with her psychologist partner at the beach.