Kirsten R. Lewis, M.Ed., is the president and cofounder of KSL Research, Training & Consultation, LLC. She is also a forensic psychology instructor at Glendale Community College, an approved instructor with the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc., and a retired probation officer after 25 years of service with the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department. With a background in research and decades of experience in community corrections, Kirsten spearheaded a ground-breaking research study in 2007 examining secondary traumatic stress in probation officers as a result of working with criminal offenders. Her research was published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice and received the Sam Houston State University Award for outstanding contributions to scholarship in Community Corrections. Kirsten’s work has since been cited in more than 80 academic peer reviewed journal publications authored by scholars at universities in the United States, Canada, England, Poland, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Turkey, Romania, Pakistan, Australia, and China. Kirsten conducts a variety of trainings on the topics of traumatic stress, peer support, and employee wellness with human service professionals around the country. She has presented her work at conferences throughout the United States and abroad.