Patricia Brennan is a Clinical Psychology Professor at Emory University. As a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, she coauthored a book on the prevention of aggression in youth. She has received many accolades for her teaching at Emory including the CTC Teaching Award for the Social Sciences and the highest University honor for teaching, the Williams Teaching Award. Her most popular courses include Crime and Criminal Behavior and The Psychology of Evil.