Shannon M. Lynch Idaho Sate University, USA

 Shannon M. Lynch, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Idaho State University and a licensed clinical psychologist. She completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan in 1999 and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship with the Victims of Violence Program, part of Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. Her research combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies to examine women’s experiences of interpersonal violence and use of resources to cope with and to recover from traumatic events.?Since 2004, she has worked with her research team to assess women’s pathways to incarceration with a specific focus on trauma exposure, mental health and treatment needs of incarcerated women. Lynch is a member of APA Divs. 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) and 56 (Trauma Psychology). As associate editor for Psychology of Women Quarterly, Lynch looks forward to reading about new, innovative research endeavors and contributing to the journal’s strong commitment to publish diverse feminist research.