Current Projects
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Adult Children of Korean Adoptees
Adult Children of Korean Adoptees: Along with Bastiaan Flikweert, Xiang Zhou, and Richard Lee, we are starting a registry of children of Korean adoptees. We have completed interviews with 35 participants and are currently coding them.
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Pregnancy & Childbirth
We have conducted 41 interviews of Asian American adult adoptees who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth. We are currently in the coding phase and no longer interviewing participants.
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Transracial Adoption Paradox
Unraveling the transracial adoption paradox: Construction of race and racism in adoptive families; Richard Lee & Adam Kim (chapter forthcoming)
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Birthmothers
Partnering with therapists in South Korea, we hope to conduct interviews with birthmothers who have relinquished a child for adoption.