Sacha Klein
Department of Social Work
Michigan State University
kleinsa@msu.edu
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EDUCATION
- PhD University of California-Los Angeles
- MSW University of California-Los Angeles
- BA Occidental College
EXPERTISE
- Child abuse prevention
- Racial disparities in the child welfare system
- Infants and toddlers in the child welfare system
- Early care and education services
- Spatial analysis of social problems
- Public policy analysis and advocacy
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Child Welfare Outcomes for Maltreated Children Who Receive Early Care and Education Services: Findings from Los Angeles County
- The Impact of State Paid Family Leave Policies Impact on Child Maltreatment & Child Welfare System Involvement
- Social Work School Partnerships with Foster Care and Adoption Agencies that Discriminate Against LGBTQ+ Caregivers: Findings from a Social Work School Field Director Survey
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Tanis, J.M., Klein, S.M., & Boyke, H. (2024). State paid family leave policies and infant maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 152, 106758. doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106758 [Findings reported in National Public Radio (NPR) Michigan Public, WILX-News 10, the Imprint News podcast, MSU News, and Futurity]
Seon, J., & Klein, S. (2021). Geographically accessible immigration and parenting services and child maltreatment risk. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 15(2), 203-222. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2019.1693476
Grogan-Kaylor, A., Ma, J., & Lee, S.J., & Klein, S. (2020). A longitudinal analysis of the spatial spread of police-investigated child abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 99, 1-10. doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104264
Fries, L., & Klein, S. (2019). Racial/ethnic differences in determinants of trauma symptomology among children in the U.S. child welfare system exposed to intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence. doi: 10.1007/s10896-018-9976-1
Grogan-Kaylor, A., Ma, J., Lee, S., Castillo, B., Ward, K., & Klein, S. (2018). Using Bayesian analysis to examine associations between spanking and child externalizing behavior across race and ethnic groups. Child Abuse & Neglect, 86, 257-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.10.009
Ma, J., & Klein, S. (2018 online). Does race/ethnicity moderate the associations between neighborhood and parenting processes on early behavior problems? Submitted to the Journal of Child and Family Studies
Fries, L., & Klein, S. (2018). Racial/ethnic differences in determinants of trauma symptomology among children in the U.S. child welfare system exposed to intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence. doi: 10.1007/s10896-018-9976-1
Klein, S., Milhalec-Adkins, B., Benson, S., & Lee, S.Y. (2018). The benefits of early care & education for child welfare-involved children: Perspectives from the field. Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 79, 454-464. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.02.105
Klein, S., & Jekielek, S. (in press). Building effective child welfare – early care & education inter-agency partnerships: Lessons from research. Child Welfare, 96(4).
Ma, J., Grogan-Kaylor, A., & Klein, S. (2018). Neighborhood collective efficacy, parental spanking, and subsequent risk of child protective services involvement. Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 80, 90-98.
Klein, S., Fries, L., & Emmons, M. (2017). Early care and education arrangements and young children’s risk of foster placement: Findings from a national child welfare sample. Children & Youth Services Review, 83, 168-178. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.006
OTHER
- Executive Branch Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science [AAAS] and the Society for Research in Child Development [SRCD], 2009-2010
- Co-Chair, Science & Social Policy Committee, Society for Research in Child Development, 2019-2021
- Editorial Board Member, Children and Youth Services Review, 2017-present
- Chapin Hall Faculty Fellow, 2016-2017
- North American Resource Center for Child Welfare Pro Humanitate Literary Award, 2003