Dr. Ola W Barnett

Ola W. Barnett is a distinguished professor emerita of psychology at Pepperdine University. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from UCLA with a specialization in learning. Her professional research focuses on batterers, dating violence, and why battered women stay with abusive partners. Dr. Barnett is the coauthor of the bestselling books Family Violence across the Lifespan: An Introduction and It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay.

Ola W. Barnett is a distinguished professor emerita of psychology at Pepperdine University. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from UCLA with a specialization in learning. Her professional research focuses on batterers, dating violence, and why battered women stay with abusive partners. Dr. Barnett is the coauthor of the bestselling books Family Violence across the Lifespan: An Introduction and It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay. See less