Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured on Atlanta's 11 Alive regarding a recently released report on Georgia's foster care system. The segment "Allegations of hundreds of children gone missing, sold for sex while in Georgia's foster care system" was reported by Cody Alcorn and aired 4/12/24.
Assistant Professor Thomas E. Kadri published Cybercrime Scenarios (2024) with Samuel Won (J.D.'23). Notably, this book was funded in part with a UGA Affordable Course Materials Grant.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured in the Georgia Recorder regarding a recently released report on Georgia's foster care system. The article titled "Georgia child welfare agency defensive after Ossoff Senate panel reports neglect and exploitation" was written by Ross Williams and published 4/10/24.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured on WJCL TV regarding a recently released report on Georgia's foster care system. The segment titled "Foster Care System Failures: How Georgia's foster care system led to abuse of children" was reported by Tia Maggio and aired 4/10/24.
Clinical Associate Professor & Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic Director Emma M. Hetherington was featured on WSAV TV regarding a recently released report on Georgia's foster care system. The segment titled "Sen. Ossoff's report on failures of Georgia's foster care system outlines prolific child abuse" was reported by Christine Queally and published 4/9/24.