“Professor Graham’s contributions to child welfare practice, education and policy have truly made a difference in improving the lives of children and families,” Dean Nicholas Mazza.

When Dewayne Knight was 15, he was angry. He had been in foster care for six years and had watched numerous case workers come and go. His grades were failing. He skipped school all the time. If someone said the wrong thing, he’d explode. So when he found out the court had appointed him a guardian ad litem — an advocate who would look out for his interests — he was hostile. He said he [...]