Vickii Coffey, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Governors State University Social Work Department. Prior to joining Governors State, Dr. Coffey was assistant director of Student Activities, manager of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Pavilion, and an instructor and graduate teaching assistant in the UIC Department of Criminology, Law & Justice. Dr. Coffey has worked as executive director of the Chicago Abused Women Coalition, Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, and Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago. She has served on numerous boards and committees at Governors State University and within the Chicago community and is a member of the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health. Dr. Coffey earned a bachelor’s degree at UIC, a master of social work administration at the University of Chicago, and a doctorate in criminology, law and justice at UIC.