Children of Color in the Child Welfare System: Psychological Research and Best Practices

About

Yvette R. Harris PhD is a professor of psychology at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. She received her doctorate from the University of Florida with a specialization in cognitive development. Her scholarly work for the past 30 years has focused on exploring environmental contributions to preschool and school age cognitive development with a specific focus on African American children and parents from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Her research has been published in a variety of national and international journals and she has co-authored three books on African American children. Gloria J. O. Carpenter PhD is a clinical psychologist at Oxford Psychological LLC in Arlington Virginia. She received her doctorate from Miami University in Oxford Ohio with a concentration in developmental psychology. Dr. Carpenter's scholarship has focused on health disparities and parent involvement as a route to improve academic and social-emotional outcomes for children. She completed a T-32 Research Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center focused on children with sickle cell disease and other pain-related illnesses. She teaches at Northern Kentucky University and at Montgomery College in Maryland.