Dr Kelley FongAssistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, United StatesEmail: kelley.fong@uci.eduProfileExpertiseProfileKelley Fong is a sociologist at the University of California, Irvine, studying poverty, inequality, social policy, children and youth, education, and family life. Specifically, she examines how families engage with state systems, how these systems affect families, and how these processes perpetuate adversity and inequality, often through the case of U.S. Child Protective Services.ResearchExpertisePoverty, inequality, social policy, children and youth, education, family