Linda Royster Beito is professor of political science and criminal justice at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Since 1999, she has taught at Stillman College, where she has received several awards for excellence in teaching.
She was also inducted into the Zeta Phi Beta Hall of Fame at Stillman College.
She married David T. Beito on June 11, 1997 and they live in Northport, Alabama.
Her second book (co-authored by David T. Beito of the University of Alabama), T. R. M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer, was published in 2018.