Robin Hartinger-Saunders is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, where she has been a faculty member since 2009. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare (2008) and a Master of Social Work degree (1997) from the University at Buffalo, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Psychology (1993) from SUNY Fredonia. Since 2015, she has served as the Principal Investigator and Program Director for the Title IV-E Child Welfare Education and Training Program and previously directed the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute’s Workforce Excellence Program at Georgia State University. Her research broadly examines multi-level factors associated with child welfare outcomes. She applies a trauma-informed, intersectional lens to examine how intersecting factors (e.g., race, ethnicity, poverty, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental abilities, etc.) influence the experiences and trajectories of children and youth due to overlapping systems of oppression and discrimination associated with each.