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A San Diego State University professor who examined the tragic death of one of her students and used her findings as the basis for a book dealing with domestic violence will speak at UNLV on Wednesday (April 26).

Kathleen Jones, professor of women's studies and political science, was shaken by the domestic violence murder of one of her students, Andrea O'Donnell, in 1994. Jones' research into the case resulted in her writing the book, Living Between Danger and Love: The Limits of Choice, which was published earlier this year by Rutgers University Press.

Jones' presentation at UNLV will take place at 4 p.m. in Wright Hall, Room 203. The talk, which bears the same name as the book, is free and open to the public.

O'Donnell did not fit what criminal justice experts call the "victim profile," according to Jones' publisher. The 27-year-old women's studies major at San Diego State was the director of the campus Women's Resource Center and a self-defense instructor. She was a self-assured, strong-willed feminist. Nevertheless, during the early morning hours of Nov. 5, 1994, she was brutally murdered.

O'Donnell's decomposed body was discovered in the apartment she had shared with her boyfriend, Andres English-Howard. Days later, he was arrested on suspicion of murder. In August 1995, English-Howard was convicted of first-degree murder. The night before he was scheduled to appear in court for sentencing, he hanged himself in his jail cell.

In her book, Jones examines O'Donnell's death and what it has to say to society.

Jones' appearance at UNLV is sponsored by the university's women's studies program. For additional information, call the program office at 895-0837.