Chitra Raghavan obtained her doctorate in Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and furthered her postdoctoral training at Yale University. She is a full professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York and the Director of the Forensic Mental Health Counseling Program. She created and oversees the Advanced Certificate of Victim Studies and the Victim Track specialization contained within the Forensic Mental Health Counseling degree.