Dr. Romayne Smith Fullerton is an associate professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario, where she has taught in the professional Masters in Journalism and undergraduate, Masters and PhD programs in Media Studies in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies for more than 20 years. Holding an undergraduate degree in Journalism and graduate degrees in English, Smith Fullerton is an award-winning teacher and internationally recognized interdisciplinary scholar whose research focus has been on the ethics of reporting on women and marginalized people, with a special emphasis on crime.