The purpose of this study was to understand Korean adoptees’ experiences being a parent in America. This study was being conducted through the University of Minnesota. The research team included Xiang Zhou, Heewon Lee, and Rich Lee. Interviews with Korean adoptees parenting children from 3-17 were conducted.

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Two secondary analysis were conducted. The first was of a subset of parents who had multiracial children with White co-parents. The second was an analysis of a subset of the parents in this study who adopted children was conducted.

Publications and Presentations


Zhou, X., Kim, J., Lee, H., & Lee, R. M. (2021). Korean adoptees as parents: Intergenerationality of ethnic, racial, and adoption socialization. Family Relations, 70(2), 637-652. DOI.org/10.1111/fare.12439
Wu, C.S., Lee, S.Y., Zhou, X., Kim, J.R., Lee, H.W., & Lee, R.M. (2020). Hidden among the hidden: Transracially adopted Korean American adults raising multiracial children. Developmental Psychology, 56(8), 1431-1445.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000881
Kim, J., Lindley, J., Zhou, X., Lee, H., & Lee, R. (2024). Korean Adoptees Who Adopt: Ethnic, Racial, and Adoption Socialization with Second-Generation Adoptees. Adoption Quarterly, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2024.2345051


A lightening talk about the study at University of Washington Tacoma

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