Michele A. Paludi, PhD, is the series editor for Praeger's Psychology of Women and author of Women, Work, and Family: How Companies Thrive with a 21st-Century Multicultural Workforce. She is an internationally recognized scholar, consultant, and expert witness on issues related to sexual harassment, campus violence, and workplace violence. Paludi is a Title IX Coordinator and Equal Opportunity and Employee Relations Specialist/ADA & 504 Coordinator for Siena College. She is the author or editor of 52 college textbooks. Paludi is in Human Resources and leadership at Excelsior College and has held faculty positions at Franklin & Marshall College, Kent State University, Hunter College, Union College, Hamilton College, and Union Graduate College.

Jennifer L. Martin, PhD, is assistant professor of education at the University of Mount Union. Prior to working in higher education, she worked in public education for 17 years, 15 of those as the department chair of English at an urban alternative high school for students labeled at-risk for school failure in metropolitan Detroit. Additionally, she taught graduate and undergraduate courses in research methods, multicultural education, educational leadership, and women and gender studies. Currently, Martin teaches graduate courses in curriculum and undergraduate courses in multicultural education, gender studies, and content area literacy. She is committed to incorporating diverse texts in all of her courses and inspiring culturally responsive pedagogical practices in current and future educators. Her published work includes Praeger's two-volume series Women as Leaders in Education: Succeeding Despite Inequity, Discrimination, and Other Challenges; Racial Battle Fatigue: Insights from the Front Lines of Social Justice Advocacy; and numerous publications on bullying and harassment, educational equity, and issues of social justice. She is currently studying the development of culturally responsive leadership practices.

James E. Gruber, PhD, is an internationally known sociologist and one of the founding members of the International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment. He has published his research on impact of sexual harassment on individuals; this research has led to his being an expert witness in court cases on sexual harassment. Gruber's research also deals with the impact of male-dominated organizations on the likelihood sexual harassment will occur.

Susan Fineran, PhD, MSW, is professor of social work and women and gender studies at the University of Southern Maine. Over the past 20 years, she has conducted research examining mental health and school performance outcomes experienced by junior high and high school students sexually harassed and bullied by peers. Fineran is one of the first researchers to examine sexual harassment that teenagers experience while working their first jobs and attending school. She is the recipient of two campus grant awards from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to reduce sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking on college campuses.