Carole J. Garrison is a retired professor, former police officer, activist, and humanitarian. Garrisison served as vice president of Ohio’s first women’s commission, was inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame, was appointed to the Department of Defense Committee on the Status of Women in the Military, and served as the chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. Her work has appeared in several publications and anthologies, and she is the author of The Fourth Moment: Journeys from the Known to the Unknown.