Erin Geary coordinates the development and implementation of grants projects for the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies in the University of Minnesota Duluth Department of Social Work. Erin holds a BA from Macalester College, and a MSW from the University of Minnesota Duluth where he was a Title IV-E child welfare scholar. Erin is currently pursuing a Ph.D. through the University of Utah College of Social Work. As an evaluator and researcher, Erin has worked collaboratively with tribal child welfare programs throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. He has presented nationally on topics including ethical research practices with tribal communities and tribal sovereignty in Indian child welfare. Erin recently co-authored a paper for the National Congress of American Indians on data management issues for tribes pursuing direct Title IV-E funding.