Doris H. Gray is the author of four books, including Leaving the Shadow of Pain: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Truth, Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Healing (2020). Before becoming an academic at Florida State University and at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, she worked as a foreign correspondent from several African countries for the German Press Agency (dpa). She also holds an honorary professorship at Roskilde University in Denmark.