Publications
- Bunkers, K., Bradford, B. and Rotabi, K. (2018). Lost in Translation: Cultural Interpretations of Family in East Africa and Implications on Children’s Care. The Brown Journal of World Affairs. Brown University.
- Crea, TM, Reynolds, A., Bunkers, KM, Bishop, CM (2018). Social service systems for vulnerable children and families in low- and middle-income countries: Establishing definitions and key components. International Journal of Social Welfare, 27: 305-315. DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12306
- Rotabi, KS., Roby, JL., Bunkers, KM., (2017). Altruistic Exploitation: Orphan Tourism and Global Social Work, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 47, Issue 3, 1 April 2017: 648–665, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcv147
- Groza, V., & Bunkers, K. M. (2014). Adoption Policy and Evidence-Based Domestic Adoption Practice: A Comparison of Romania, Ukraine, India, Guatemala and Ethiopia. Infant Mental Health Journal (special issue). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/imhj.21439/abstract;jsessionid=20EA16172DB8FF217D102CA7AABA915F.f0 3t01
- Roby, J. L., Rotabi, K.S., Bunkers, K.M., Pennell, J., & Ucles, S. (2014). Pilot training and contextual adaptation of the family group conferencing model: Early evidence from Guatemala. British Journal of Social Work. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcu053.
- Groza, V.K., & Bunkers, K.M. (2014) The USA as a Sending Country for Intercountry Adoption: Birth Parents Rights versus the 1993 Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. Adoption Quarterly. Retrievable at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10926755.2014.875089#.UxXmifRdVG4
- Roby, J. L., Rotabi, K. S., & Bunkers, K. M. (2013). Social justice and intercountry adoptions: The role of the U.S. social work community. Social Work, 58, (4), 293-303.
- Rotabi, K. S., Pennell, J., Roby, J. L., & Bunkers, K. M. (2012). Family Group Conferencing as a culturally adaptable intervention: Reforming intercountry adoption in Guatemala. International Social Work.55 (3), 402-416. Retrievable at http://isw.sagepub.com/content/55/3/402.short
- Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Bunkers, K. M., Dobrova-Krol, N. A., Engle, P., Fox, N. A.,
- Gamer, G., Goldman, P., Greenberg, A., Groark, C. J., Groza, V., Gunnar, M. R., Johnson, D. E., Juffer, J., Kreppner, J. M., LeMare, L., McCall, R. B., Muhamedrahimov, R. J. Nelson, C. A., Palacios, J., Sonuga-Barke, Steele, H., Steele, M., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Verhulst, F., Vorria, P. & Zeanah, C. H. (2012). The Development and Care of Institutionally-Reared Children, Child Development Perspectives, 6, 2, pp. 174-180.
- Groza, V., Bunkers, K., & Gamer, G. (2011). Ideal components and current characteristics of alternative care options for children outside of parental care. In R. B. McCall, M. H. van IJzendoorn, F. Juffer, C. J. Groark, and V. K. Groza (Eds.), Children without permanent parents: Research, practice, and policy. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, vol 76, issue 4, pp. 163–189.
- Engle, P. L., Groza, V. K., Gorak, C. J., Greenberg, A., Bunkers, K. M., & Muhamedrahimov, R. J. (2011). The Situation for Children without Parental Care and Strategies for Policy Change. In R. B. McCall, M. H. van IJzendoorn, F. Juffer, C. J. Groark, and V. K. Groza (Eds.), Children without permanent parents: Research, practice, and policy. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development vol. 76, Issue 4, pp. 190-222.
- Rotabi, K. S., & Bunkers, K. M. (2011). In the era of reform: A review of social work literature on intercountry adoption. Sage Open. Retrievable at http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/11/14/2158244011428160.full
- Bunkers, K. M.; Groza, V. K. & Lauer, D. (Aug/2009). International Adoption and Child Protection in Guatemala: A Case of the Tail Wagging the Dog. Journal of International Social Work. Retrievable at: http://isw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/5/649
Book Chapters:
- Mandayam, G. Ochieng, S. Bunkers, K. M., Long, S., Kobayashi, Y. & Rotabi, K. S. (2021). Social innovation as the need of the hour in health emergencies. In P. Fronek & K.S. Rotabi (eds.). Social work in health emergencies. Abingdon, England. Routledge.
- Groza, V. and Bunkers, K. (2017). Best Practices for Residential/Institutional/Group Care of Children: A Harm Reduction Framework. In Rus, Parris, and Stativa (Eds.). Child Maltreatment in Residential Care. History, Research and Current Practice. Springer.
- Rotabi, K. S., Monico, C.C. & Bunkers, K. M. (2014). At this critical juncture in the era of reform: Reviewing 35 years of social work literature on intercountry adoption. In Ballard, R. L., Goodno, N. H., Cochran, Jr., R. F, & Milbrandt, J. A. (Eds.). The Intercountry Adoption Debate: Dialogues Across Disciplines. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Bunkers, K. M., Mezmur, B. & Rotabi, K. S. (2012). Ethiopia: Intercountry adoption risks and considerations for informal care. In J. L. Gibbons & K. S. Rotabi (Eds.). Intercountry Adoption: Policies, Practices, and Outcomes. Ashgate Press: London.
- Bunkers, K.M. & Groza, V. K. (2012). Intercountry Adoption and Child Welfare in Guatemala. Lessons learned pre and post ratification of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. In J. L. Gibbons & K. S. Rotabi (Eds.). Intercountry Adoption: Policies, Practices, and Outcomes. Ashgate Press: London.
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