Gwen Hunnicutt is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Professor Hunnicutt received her PhD in Sociology from the University of New Mexico in 2003. Her research focuses primarily on gender and crime and age variation in homicide victimization. Her most recent completed paper is titled, Female Status and Infant and Child Homicide Victimization in Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S., 1998-2002. Earlier this year she received a Dean's Initiative grant from UNCG to conduct research on fatal versus nonfatal outcomes among children in high risk environments in North Carolina. In addition to this primary project, she is working on research involving masculinity, culture and crime and varieties of patriarchy and the victimization of women. Gwen Hunnicutt recently took over as book review editor for the journal, Sociological Inquiry.