Stephanie Riger University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Stephanie Riger is Professor of Psychology and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago She is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Division 27 award for Distinguished Contributions to Research and Theory and a two-time winner of the Association for Women in Psychology's Distinguished Publication Award. She is author of Transforming Psychology: Gender in Theory and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2000) as well as numerous journal articles and other books. Her current research focuses on the impact of welfare reform on intimate violence, and the evaluation of domestic violence and sexual assault services.