Kristen Renwick Monroe is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy and Founder of the University of California-Irvine Ethics Center. She has published thirteen books, including the award-winning Heart of Altruism: Perceptions of a Common Humanity (1996) and The Hand of Compassion: Portraits of Moral Choice During the Holocaust (2004). The 2010 recipient of the Silverman Prize for outstanding work in ethics, Monroe also received the American Political Science Association's Pool Award and its Goodnow Award in 2010. She has served as President of the International Society of Political Psychology and Vice President of the APSA.