Joan Steidinger, PhD, is a licensed clinical and sports psychologist and award-winning author. She is designated as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant Emeriti by the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and was on the United States Olympic Committee’s Registry of Sports Psychology. Her books include Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete and Stand Up and Shout Out: Women’s Fights for Equal Pay, Equal Rights, and Equal Opportunities in Sports. Steidinger lives in Sebastopol, California.