Ellen Herman is a professor of contemporary American history at the University of Oregon and the creator of the Adoption History Project. She is the author of Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United States, which examines the history of modern adoption.

David Brodzinsky is a research and project director at the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute in Oakland, Calif. He is an expert on the psychology of adoption in children, adoption research, interracial adoption, adoption outcomes, foster care, stress and coping in children, developmental psychopathology and divorce and child custody issues. He co-edited The Psychology of […]

Shay Bilchik is a research professor and the founder and director of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute. From 2000-2007 he served as president and CEO of the Child Welfare League of America. Before that, he was administrator of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and […]

Howard Altstein is a professor in the University of Maryland School of Social Work with an expertise in adoption.

June 18, 2013, Belfast Telegraph article about a court challenge to a Northern Ireland law that bans gay and unmarried couples from adopting.

May 28, 2013, News Tribune article about adoption advocates worries over the possible impact on international adoption of a new Missouri law.

June 5, 2013, article about a new Michigan law that would speed up the adoption process.

May 31, 2013, The Advocate article about a new Louisiana law aimed at making adoption easier.

June 11, 2013, Brooklyn Daily Eagle article about a proposed “Adoptee Bill of Rights” that is being considered in the New York State Assembly.