Shannon Deer, PhD, CPA, is the interim associate dean for undergraduate
programs and a clinical assistant professor for Mays Business
School at Texas A&M University. She is an award-winning professor
who prepares experienced professionals in Texas A&M’s MBA programs
for successful careers in business. She also conducts executive
development training for leading companies. Dr. Deer’s research, included
in this book, has been published in leading, peer-reviewed
journals. Her research focuses on women’s transitional experience
after exiting the sex trade or sex-trafficking situations. She specifically
focuses on the impact (positive and negative) businesses have
on survivors in their work transition. Dr. Deer researched many of the
principles in this book. She lives in College Station, Texas, with her
husband, dogs, sometimes chickens, and the screened in porch where
she writes.