Jill Theresa Messing Editor

Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Anna D. Wolf Chair at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She is a national leader in research and advocacy in the field of intimate partner violence (IPV) and has authored or co-authored more than 230 publications and seven books on violence and health outcomes. As a nurse educator and mentor, Dr. Campbell teaches course on Family Violence and is the PI of an NIH-funded (T32) fellowship that provides funding for pre- and postdoctoral fellows in violence research. Elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2000, Dr. Campbell was a member of the congressionally appointed U.S. Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence.

Jill Theresa Messing, MSW, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. She has published nearly 50 articles and book chapters on intimate partner violence and been an expert witness in over 20 domestic violence-related cases. Dr. Messing specializes in intimate partner violence risk assessment. She has evaluated the predictive validity of several forms of the Danger Assessment, including the Lethality Screen and the Danger Assessment for Law Enforcement (DA-LE). She is on a research team with Dr. Campbell that is adapting the Danger Assessment for use with immigrant, refugee and Native American victims of intimate partner violence. As a social worker, Dr. Messing is committed to evidence-based practice and is concerned with the development and testing of innovative interventions for victims of intimate partner violence.