Dr. Schulz, a retired captain with the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Police Department and its predecessor, Conrail, was the first woman captain in either department. She grew up and attended public schools in upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Dr. Schulz wrote From Social Worker to Crimefighter: Women in United States Municipal Policing (Praeger, 1995), which focuses on the introduction of women into policing and how modern women rejected their earlier roles for a wider presence in law enforcement. Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Women Police Chiefs and Their Paths to the Top (Praeger, 2004), based on questionnaires and interviews, describes the careers of current chiefs and sheriffs and of the few women who served early in twentieth century. She was editor of the federal volume of the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement (Sage, 2004), a three-volume police reference work. Dr. Schulz’ research has been funded by government, academic and police groups. She is active in both the railroad and transit sections of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and has worked with the Federal Transit Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation) on upgrading audit procedures for transit agencies and on updating policies for threat assessments and safety and security management; she is also active in women’s police associations. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, including Women in Policing, Women in the Uniformed Services, History of Police Administration, Police and the Media, the Police Manager, Police Organization and Administration, and the introductory course in the police studies major. Dr. Schulz has presented at history and criminology meetings; she speaks frequently at national and international police conferences, and has published widely. She is currently continuing her research on women police managers and is completing research for a history of railroad policing.