Australian-born and educated criminologist, I received my Ph.D. from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane Australia. My research focuses on women who perpetrate violence, in particular, women who kill. My research differs from much of the criminological research pertaining to violent offending. I do not focus on the crime and motive of offending, but rather explore the larger lives of women who violently offend. My contention is research that limits itself to crime and motive or analyzing only crime statistics, yields an incomplete understanding of the phenomenon of killing by a woman. Women who kill are “more than their crime.” In order to capture the lives of women who commit such crimes, I rely on qualitative research methods to conduct extensive one-to-one interviews with women. To date, I have interviewed over 100 women in multiple maximum security prisons where most serve life sentences. Within the United States my research includes Pennsylvania and Texas with more states forthcoming. Internationally, I have interviewed women in Australia and Ireland. I was driven by the passion to provide a voice to this largely dismissed group of women. I have accomplished this in part through my scholarly research articles and book chapters. Furthermore, I have engaged through a media lens to help communicate the narratives of the women. This includes producing an educational documentary titled, “Until We Have Faces: Women Serving Life,” filmed within a Pennsylvania women’s state prison. I am also the producer of a podcast series, “Self- Identities: Conversations with Convicted Women.” Here I engage in conversation with individual women incarcerated for violent crimes to include murder, produced from inside the prison walls. I have chosen not only to conduct research and produce educational media projects, but also personally strive to remain in contact with many of the women through visiting and written correspondence. Some relationships span almost two decades. I am a Pennsylvania Prison Society Official Visitor. I currently teach and reside in Pennsylvania in the United States.