HILARY CUTHRELL, PhD, currently serves as a correctional programs specialist at the National Institute of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons. She manages The Family Strengthening Project—a national project specifically focused on children of incarcerated parents in both local and state correctional facilities. She recently completed a post-doctoral position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also served as an adjunct faculty member at Indiana State University. She has been published in a number of journals but this will be her first book. 

LUKE MUENTNER, PhD, is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Department of Pediatrics. His research investigates the consequences of parental incarceration and reentry for children; his work has been published in numerous criminology, developmental, and social work journals including Crime & Delinquency, Developmental Psychobiology, and Family Relations. 

JULIE POEHLMANN, PhD is the Dorothy A. O’Brien Professor of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has served as a professor in the human development and family studies department (HDFS) for the past 20 years. In addition to authoring 75 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, she is the editor of Children’s Contact with Incarcerated Parents: Implications for Policy and Intervention and a coeditor of Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents. 

“When Are You Coming Home? illuminates some of the reasons or pathways through which parental incarceration influences children. The research base is sound and accessible; there is a lot to like about this book.”

“When Are You Coming Home? presents scientific evidence in an accessible format to a broad audience. The case studies are thought-provoking, and the data adds significantly to the literature.”