Dr. Deirdre Bowen is a nationally recognized expert in three areas: affirmative action, family law, and adjudication processes. Her work has been widely published and cited. At Seattle University, she teaches in the law school's highly ranked Legal Writing Program and also teaches courses in family law and domestic violence. In addition, she is the co-director and founder of the Madrid Study Abroad Program in Law & Policy, where she teaches Comparative Family Law and is the founder and director of the online Domestic Violence Protection Order Clinic.