Nancy Rolock, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Nancy Rolock (she|her) is the Henry L. Zucker Associate Professor of Social Work Practice at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio (USA). She has conducted child-welfare adoption research since 1996. Dr. Rolock is committed to using anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice, intervention research and implementation science to support children and families impacted by adoption and the child welfare system. In her research, Nancy seeks to uplift the well-being of children, youth, parents and guardians. Nancy served as the Principal Investigator for a five-year federally funded Understanding Post Adoption and Guardianship Instability project that examined family experiences and outcomes post legal finalisation of adoption or guardianship. She directed research across eight sites for the National Quality Improvement Centre for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation that implemented and evaluated interventions aimed at families who have adopted or taken guardianship of children previously in foster care. Dr. Rolock is the Associate Editor for Adoption Quarterly. She also serves on the Board of Kinnect, a non-profit agency working to find permanent families for all children who experience foster care.