Dr. Doris M. Houston is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Illinois State University (ISU), and the Associate Director of the ISU Center for Adoption Studies. Her areas of specialty include foster care and adoption, culturally responsive family practice, outcome evaluation, and organizational development. Dr. Houston is the Co-Author of “Community-Centered Child Welfare Practice: Strategies for Working with Multicultural Families (in Press). Prior to joining the faculty at ISU, Dr. Houston served as an Outcome Evaluation Specialist at the University of Illinois, Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD). While at CPRD, she provided organizational development training and program evaluation services to 300+ youth prevention programs. Dr. Houston began her professional career with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services where she served as a Public Service Administrator, Adoption Specialist, and Foster Care Casemanager.