
Sarah A. Font, Ph.D.
title
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology
Phone
814-865-2527Office
505 Oswald Tower
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Brief Bio
My research seeks to understand the individual, familial, community, and system factors that promote or inhibit immediate and later life success among youth who experience maltreatment or foster care placement. Within this agenda, I have focused on three issues: (1) determinants of wellbeing among Child Protective Services (CPS)-involved and foster care youth; (2) implications of measurement for understanding causes and consequences of maltreatment and child welfare events; (3) the role of social disadvantage in child maltreatment.
Education
Postdoctoral fellow, 2016, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. in Social Welfare, 2014, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master of Social Work, 2008, Western Michigan University
Bachelor of Social Work, 2007, Western Michigan University
Expertise
foster care, child welfare, child maltreatment, child protective services
Research Interests
care, child welfare, child maltreatment, child protective services