Holly Kearl

Holly Kearl is a writer, speaker, and consultant based in the Washington, D.C. area.

She is the author of three books about gender-based street harassment, author of a national street harassment study, and the co-author of a national report about sexual harassment in grades 7-12, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School.

She is the founder of the nonprofit Stop Street Harassment and she does part-time, paid consulting work for organizations like the United Nations, Aspen Institute, and the U.S. State Department. She is also a facilitator with the OpEd Project.

Her work has been cited by the United Nations, New York City Council, BBC News, New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, NPR, Jezebel.com, Salon.com, and Feministing.com, among others.

She has written articles for the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, Guardian, Forbes.com, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and the Ms. magazine blog.

She has given more than 130 presentations about street harassment, sexual harassment, and sexual assault across the country and in India and Egypt.

Kearl received a master's degree in public policy and women's studies from George Washington University and she received a BA from Santa Clara University.

Learn more at http://www.hollykearl.com and you can follow her on Twitter, @hkearl.