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Abbie E. Goldberg
Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she also currently serves as the Director of Clinical Training.
Beth Neil
Is the Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she began directing the Rudd Research Program in July 2025.
Jacques Chomilier
Is one of the founding members of the French association MASF (Mouvement de l’Adoption Sans Frontières), an adoptive parent organization that provides support, education, and activities, facilitates and participates in adoption-related research, and provides policy advice to the French government.
Jesús Palacios
Ph.D. in Psychology, is a Full Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Seville. His teaching and research activities are related to child protection, particularly in the field of foster care and adoption.
Matt Woolgar
Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the UK and led the National Adoption and Fostering Team at the Michael Rutter Centre, where he worked for over 20 years, conducting assessments and treatments for complex cases involving children in care.
Nancy Rolock
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-wellfare adoption research since 1996.