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Join KAAN from June 21 – 23 for three days of keynotes, films, presentations, roundtables, performers, exhibits, support forums, and life-changing community. KAAN offers an Adoptee-Only track, as well as sessions for a general audience that are open to all. There are programs for adults aged 18+ and youth aged 8-17. Everyone is welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings, and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at tech@wearekaan.org.

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Saturday, June 22 • 8:00am - 8:45am
Mainstage: Adoptee Representation & Visibility in Research

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Moving from community organizing in the 1990s, Drs. JaeRan Kim and Hollee McGinnis share their experiences conducting adoptee-centric research and the importance of adoptee representation in knowledge production and creation.
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JaeRan Kim

JaeRan Kim, Ph.D., MSW, (she/hers) is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice at the University of Washington at Tacoma. JaeRan’s research is focused on facets of adoptees including race, parenthood, identity, and adoption displacement. JaeRan has... Read More →
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Hollee McGinnis

Hollee A. McGinnis, MSW, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. In addition to being adopted from South Korea, she has almost 30 years of community organizing, practice, policy, and research experience on adoption, child welfare, and systems of alternative care (adoption, foster care, orphanages) in the U.S. and South Korea. Prior to her doctorate... Read More →

Saturday June 22, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am CDT
Grand Ballrooms A and B
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