Dr. Kelly Richards is an Associate Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology. Her research centers on sexual violence, restorative justice, and Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA). In 2010, she received the ACT Government Office for Women Audrey Fagan Churchill Fellowship to explore restorative approaches for reintegrating child sex offenders in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, in 2020, Dr. Richards was honored with a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to advance her studies on victim/survivors of sexual violence and CoSA in the USA.