Dr. Kline Pruett holds masters’ degrees in Education (University of Penn) and in Legal Studies (Yale Law School), and a Ph.D. in Psychology (University of California at Berkeley). After 14 years as a consultant and researcher at the Connecticut Mental Health Center at the Yale University School of Medicine and the Yale Child Study Center, Dr. Kline Pruett moved to Smith College to serve as the first Maconda Brown O’Connor Professor at Smith’s School for Social Work. She also holds an adjunct position in the department of Psychology at Smith College. She was a member of the AFCC Board of Directors and served as AFCC President in 2016