Tricia Bent-Goodley is Professor Emeritus at Howard University School of Social Work and currently a graduate professor in the Howard University Public Health Program. She is an experienced community-centred intervention researcher and licensed clinical social worker. She is the former program director for the Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative (a community engagement training and technical assistance grant) and a member and immediate past chair of the Prince George’s County Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team. Dr Bent-Goodley is an accomplished scholar, and she served as Editor-in-Chief of Social Work and is currently the Associate Editor for Journal of Interpersonal Violence.