Foster PUBLICATIONS
The Foster Scholars are committed to transforming the narrative and outcomes for college-going foster youth through practice, research, and advocacy. Below you will find recent presentations, public scholarship, and publications.
The Foster Scholars are committed to transforming the narrative and outcomes for college-going foster
youth through practice, research, and advocacy. Below you will find recent publications, public
scholarship, and selected conference presentations.
PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP:
Bennett, J. (2016). Supporting students from foster care in the seven life domains. [Webinar]. Presented with Fostering Success Michigan. Retrieved from http://fosteringsuccessmichigan.com/library/fsm-webinar-understanding-the-7-life-domains-as-a-framework-for-student-suc
Bennett, J., Hoffman, A. E., Lopez, K., & Tinker, B. (2018) Fostering inclusion: Campus mentoring programs for students from foster care. Presented with Fostering Success Michigan. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30IxSD1JXs&feature=youtu.be
Gamez, S. I. (2018, November 20). College foster youth, family privilege and the holidays [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.naspa.org/constituent-groups/posts/college-foster-youth-family-privilege-and-the-holidays
Hoffman-Cooper, A. (2020, July). Emancipatory research for youth with experience in foster care. [Video address].ASHE Presidential Full Participation Challenge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=28qDcZiUyrs
Hoffman, A. E. (2020). Foster care as child protection: A critical historical review of the foster care system: Child protection for whom? [Historical timeline]. Retrieved from https://www.sutori.com/story/foster-care-as-child-protection--CF8SMqdF1TudYw1KRj2WeK2T
Hoffman, A. E. (2018, March 5). From Foster Care to College: Finding a Family on Campus. Philadelphia, PA: 2018 Annual Conference for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). [Video address]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eum76H7hN_w&feature=emb_logo
Hoffman, A. E. (2018, March 5). The trouble with where I'm from. [Blog Post]. NASPA Socioeconomic & Class Issues in Higher Education Knowledge Community. Retrieved from https://www.naspa.org/blog/the-trouble-with-where-i-m-from
Lopez, K., Abioye, A., Thompson, D., & Ricks, D. (2020, November 5). Foster Care Will Not Save Our Black Children. [Blog Post]. Blavity. Retrieved from https://blavity.com/why-foster-care-will-not-save-our-black-children?category1=opinion
Lopez, K. (2020, February. 12). Black foster youth lives matter. [NASPA Socioeconomic & Class Issues in Higher Education Knowledge Community Blog Post]. Retrieved from https://www.naspa.org/blog/black-foster-youth-lives-matter
Muñoz, S. (Host). Hoffman-Cooper, A., Johnson, R., & Whitman, K. (Panelists). (2021, July). College students with foster care experiences. (No. 51) [Audio podcast episode]. In Student Affairs NOW. www.studentaffairsnow.com/foster-care/
Parker, E. & Sarubbi, M. (2017). How Can State Policies Help Foster Youth Transition to College. Fostering Families Today, July 2017, 21-24. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED573294.pdf
Sarubbi, M. (May 25, 2017). Three States and a Snapshot of Their 2017 Legislative Actions Supporting Foster Youth. Education Commission of the States. Retrieved from https://ednote.ecs.org/three-states-and-a-snapshot-of-their-2017-actions-supporting-foster-youth/
Sarubbi, M. (August 4, 2017). Policies to Support the Postsecondary Success for Foster Youth. Education Commission of the States. Retrieved from https://ednote.ecs.org/policies-to-support-the-postsecondary-success-for-foster-youth/
Sum, G. (Host). Lopez, K. and Okpych, N. (Guest Speakers). (2024, September 11). Breaking through barriers: Foster youth navigating higher education. [Audio podcast episode]. In Among Us: Invisible Experiences Impacting Youth. https://youtu.be/n77imyc4DJw?si=9tesWiJEOYejFsXJ
TEDx Talk (2018, November 26). The trauma of being Black in foster care - Kizzy Lopez. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Q1idxiEnw&t=326s
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Bennett, J. L. (2020). Fostering success through coaching: Perspectives of help seeking within a coaching relationship with post-secondary students from foster care. [Doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida Tampa]. USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/8514.
Bennett, J. L., Hao, S. W., & Tan, T. X. (2023). Humanistic coaching as a collaborative practice: perspectives on help seeking from coaches and undergraduate students with foster care experience. Journal of College and Character, 24(1), 1-20.
Bennett, J., Unrau, Y., Gray, L., & Dawson, A. (2020). A coaching model to support college students from foster care. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 33(2), 78-95.
Collins, C. M., Salazar, A. M., Hoffman-Cooper, A., Johnson, R. M., Schmidt, L., Tiller, L., & Young, S. (2023). Mixed methods evaluation of two Georgia college campus support programs for students with experience in foster care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 1-22.
Gamez, S.I. & Lopez, K. (2021). Fostering success: Programs and practices to serve college-going foster youth on campus. In G. Martin and S. Ardoin (Eds.), Social Class Supports: Examples of Programs and Practices to Serve Poor and Working-Class Students in Higher Education. Stylus Publishing.
Hoffman-Cooper, A. E. (2021). From foster youth to foster scholar: Suggestions for emancipatory research practices. Children and Youth Services Review, 120, 105752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105752
Lopez, K. M., Gamez, S. I., Montez, B., Contreras, K., & Okpych, N. J. (2024). The Experiences of Students with Foster Care Histories Attending Christian Universities. Christian Higher Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15363759.2024.2395297
Lopez, K. M., Geiger, J. M., Okpych, N. J., Gamez, S. I., & Larregui, D. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on campus-based support programs serving students with foster care experience: Focus groups with administrators and students. Children and Youth Services Review, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.
Watt, T., Lord, K., Bustillos, S., Gavin-Williams, R., Greeson, J., Hail, T., & Hoffman-Cooper, A. (2023). Campus liaisons for students who have experienced foster care: Lessons learned from Texas legislation. Children and Youth Services Review, 153, 107094.
Whitman, K.L. & Lopez, K. M. (In press). “It’s not about blood, it’s about who shows up for me”: Black college-going foster youth disrupting family privilege and creating chosen family networks. Journal of College Student Development.
PUBLICATIONS:
Gamez, S. I. (2017). Moving in, moving through, and moving out: The transitional experiences of foster youth college students (Publication No. 10285525) [Doctoral dissertation, California State University Long Beach]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Lopez, K. (2018). Understanding retention among college-going foster youth through policy and practice. (Publication No. 10839974) [Doctoral dissertation, Azusa Pacific University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Lopez, K. & Duran, B. (2016). Transitional age foster youth–Getting them into and through college. Central Valley Higher Education Consortium. Foster-Youth_CVHEC_report_final_2-1.pdf (cacollegepathways.org).
Sarubbi, M. (2019). Five things student affairs professionals can do to support foster care alumni. Five Things E Book, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA). Retrieved from https://www.naspa.org/book/five-things-student-affairs-professionals-can-do-to-better-support-foster-care-alumni
Sarubbi, M., Parker, E., & Sisneros, L. (2017). Building Policy Momentum Across States to Strengthen Foster Youth Support in Postsecondary Education. Education Commission of the States. Retrieved from https://www.ecs.org/building-policy-momentum-for-foster-youth-support-in-postsecondary-education/
Sarubbi, M., Parker, E, & Sponsler, B. (2016). Strengthening Policies for Foster Youth Postsecondary Attainment. Education Commission of the States. Retrieved from https://www.ecs.org/strengthening-policies-for-foster-youth-postsecondary-attainment/
Unrau, Y. A., Dawson, A., Hamilton, R. D., & Bennett, J. L. (2017). Perceived value of a campus-based college support program by students who aged out of foster care. Children and Youth Services Review, 78, 64–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.05.011
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS:
Bennett, J. (2015, October). Exposure gaps among students from foster care. Texas REACH Annual Conference, El Paso, TX.
Crane, M., & Gamez, S.I., (2019, October). Foster youth serving foster youth. California College Pathways - 2019 Blueprint for Success Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Hoffman-Cooper, A. (2022, November). Campus-based support and (In/)validation of students with foster care experience: A literature review. 2022 Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Las Vegas, NV.
Hoffman-Cooper, A. (2020, November). Campus-based support: A model for reimagining higher education for students with foster care experiences. 2020 Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Online.
Hoffman-Cooper, A. & Bustillos, S. (2021, January). Engaging participants as consultants: Foster Scholars’ contributions to research. The Qualitative Research Conference, Online.
Hoffman, A. E. (2020, February). Fostering Risk or Resilience: A critical discourse analysis of campus-based support for students with Experience in Foster Care. National Conference for Engaged Scholarship on Foster Alumni, Washington, D.C.
Hoffman-Cooper, A. (2023, November). A grounded theory of foster care identity development: Preliminary findings. 2023 Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Online.
Gamez S.I., Hoffman, A. E., & Whitman, K. L., (2019, March). It takes a village: family privilege and its impact on college-going foster youth. 2019 Conference for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), Los Angeles, CA.
Gamez, S.I., & Bostic, M.D., (2019, March). Fostering success for college-going foster youth: Transitioning to college and beyond. 2019 Conference for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), Los Angeles, CA.
Lopez, K. & Gamez, S.I., (2020, February). A faith-based perspective: Serving college-going foster youth on campus. National Association of Christian Social Workers State Conference, Riverside, CA.
Lopez, K. & Gamez, S. (2023, October 16). Institutional assumptions of family privilege and the impact on students with a history of foster care attending Christian universities. [Conference Session]. John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AK.
Lopez, K., Amechi, M. H., Whitman, K. L., Hoffman, A. E., Bennett, J., Sarubbi, M., & Gamez, S.I., (2018, November). Understanding family privilege: Fostering inclusive postsecondary environments for alumni of foster care. 2018 Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Tampa, FL.
Lopez, K., Whitman, K., & Velez Young-Alfaro, M. (2017, November). Foster care alumni and family privilege: Perspectives and practices inside college programs. 2017 Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Houston, TX.
Sarubbi, M. (2017, November). Foster Care alumni in higher education: Navigating systems of marginality and persistence. 2017 Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Houston, TX.
Sarubbi, M., Kiyama, J., & Harper, C. (2016, November). Ideologies of invisibility impacting diverse families in parent and family orientation initiatives. 2016 Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Washington, DC.