AK Connection

My name is Sara Docan-Morgan, and I am an assistant professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. I am in the process of organizing a research panel for the International Korean Adoptee (IKAA) mini-gathering in New York City in April, and I am sending a call for prospective participants.

My goal is to organize an academic panel that examines the current state and future directions of Korean adoptee research from an interdisciplinary perspective. Ideally, participants will be researchers (i.e., graduate students, faculty members, or other professional researchers), who can discuss their own research agendas in a general sense and then provide an overview of the future directions of adoption research in their discipline/area (e.g., Psychology, Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, Education, etc.). Ideally, participants will be Korean adoptees themselves.

This panel will allow for a multivocal discussion that provides participants the following: information related to current adoption research, an understanding of how multifaceted and interdisciplinary the field of Korean/Transracial adoption research is, and a sense of where this field is headed in the future.

If you are planning to attend the Mini-Gathering (April 16-19, 2009, in NYC) and would like to participate in this panel, please respond to docan-mo.sara@uwlax.edu with the following information:
- Your name, position, and affiliation
- Your discipline
- 1 paragraph describing the contributions you believe you can make to this panel
- Whether or not you are a Korean adoptee

Unfortunately, funding is not available for panel participants. Responses should be received by December 23, 2008.

Acceptance will be dependent on fit for the panel, as well as the number of responses received.