Dr. Fuentes is a teaching professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has over 20 years of hands-on work with and research with victims of domestic violence, resulting in dozens of peer-reviewed publications and presentations at professional conferences across the country.

Her most current work has focused on the role of domestic violence in the lives of women incarcerated in a large, urban county jail in North Carolina.

Jennifer Hartman earned her PhD. from the University of Cincinnati and works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. 

In general, she is interested in researching and teaching on crimes of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault and prostitution.  In particular, she is interested in exploring a “best practices” approach to how police and courts can effectively deal with these crimes.

She is also a Master trainer and Fellow within the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute (UCCI) where she works with correctional agencies to implement evidence-based practices.

Dr. Hartman has served as a consultant to many correctional programs throughout the United States by providing training and technical assistance in offender risk/ need instruments and effective practices in risk reduction and techniques for changing offending behavior.

Cindy Adcock is a post-conviction lawyer, restorative justice and racial justice advocate, and writer.  She has represented inmates on death row in North Carolina for thirty years, first full-time and then part-time upon moving into law teaching.  Cindy left law teaching in 2019. 

When she is not taking care of her family and home, she volunteers with her church and with select non-profits.  Cindy earned a BA from Carson-Newman University, an MDiv from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a JD and a MPP from Duke University.

Melissa Lundgren is a small business owner with a background in HR and executive coaching. She earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts and later an MBA from Brigham Young University. She then worked in corporate HR for 7 years for companies like GE, Bank of America and Red Ventures.

She now cares for her daughter full-time while helping tech start-up companies build strategic HR functions. In her free time she enjoys creating art, traveling and volunteering in her community and church.