Mailing Information:

Contact Information:

University of Maryland

Phone: (410) 706.7839

School of Social Work

Fax: (410) 706.0273

525 West Redwood Street

E-mail: haltstei@ssw.umaryland.edu

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Room: 3E11

Education:

MSW, New York University

PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana

Expertise and Research Interests:

Adoption

Honors and Awards:

1995, Fulbright Research/Lecture Award

Recent Publications:

Adoption Across Borders:  Serving The Children In Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions, (with Rita James Simon) Roman and Littlefield, 2000

Does Family Preservation Serve A Child's Best Interests?   (with Ruth McRoy), Georgetown University Press, 2000

"Disclosure May Hurt Adoptions", OPED, Baltimore Sun, June 22, 2000, p. 19.

"Love not enough for some adopted", OPED Baltimore Sun, November 8, 2000, p. 35. Adoption, Race and Identity: From Infancy To Young Adulthood, Second edition(with Rita James Simon),  Transaction Publishers, 2001

“Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA) and Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA): Impact on Minority Children Awaiting Adoption”, Adoptions Together, Baltimore, MD., December 11, 2002.

Global Perspectives on Social Issues, Marriage and Divorce (with Rita James Simon), Lexington Books, 2003

“Across Borders: Intercountry Adoption”, The University of North Carolina, School of Law, Conference on Race, Gender and Ethnicity: Adoption in the 21^st Century: Redefining The Nuclear Family, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 28-March 1, 2003.

“Transnational Adoption”, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, Title VIA Internationalizing Curricula, World Migration, March 10, 2003

 “For Adoption, Leave Race Out of the Discussion”, OPED Baltimore Sun, January 25, 2006, p. 15