Research

My current research includes:

• Adoptee consciousness
• Adoptees with post-adoption disruption and displacement experiences
• Adoptee mentoring
• Training and preparation experiences of adoption professionals

My other research projects include:

• Child welfare caseworker perspectives of facilitating voluntary placements for children and families.
• Foster parent perspectives
• Adoptive parents of children with disabilities
• Social work students with disabilities
• Intercountry adoptees with adoption disruption and displacement histories – Adoptee perspectives
• Korean adoptees as parents
• Adoption-specific curriculum in social work and other related programs
• Placement stability of internationally adopted children with disabilities – Adoptive parent perspectives