Suzanne McMurphy has been at the University of Windsor since 2009 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. Prior to coming to the University of Windsor, she was a member of the research faculty in the Department of Criminology and Senior Research Investigator in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her doctoral research was funded by a Fulbright Scholarship to Sweden where she studied the integration of law and social work in child welfare and criminal justice systems across Europe and North America. In addition to her faculty position, she has also served as the Chair of the Research Ethics Board at the University of Windsor and has served on research ethics committees for over 25 years in Canada and the US, including over four years as a committee member of the Social and Behavioral Institutional Review Board at the University of Pennsylvania. She has an undergraduate degree in Religious Studies, a Master’s degree in Social Service, Master’s degree in Law and Social Policy, Master’s degree in Bioethics, and a Ph.D. in Social Policy.