I talk with Dr. JaeRan Kim and PhD student Grace Newton about the Adoptee Consciousness Model - a framework for understanding adoptee awareness of the impact of adoption. Together with Dr. Susan Branco (not featured), the model is now being discussed and critiqued in academic and adoptee communities. Kim, 55, and Newton, 29, also talk about their earlier years when helming their own anonymous blogs about adoptee identity, 'righteous anger' and the impact of adoption.

Dr. JaeRan Kim:

Harlow's Monkey https://harlows-monkey.com/2022/06/23/coming-to-consciousness/ Journal link https://www.ibpj.org/issues/articles/Susan%20F.%20Branco,%20JaeRan%20Kim,%20Grace%20Newton,%20Stephanie%20Kripa%20Cooper-Lewter,%20Paula%20O'Loughlin%20-%20....pdf https://harlows-monkey.com/ Instagram @harlows_monkey LinkedIn jaerankimphd Grace Newton: Instagram: @redthreadbroken Facebook: Red Thread Broken Twitter or X: @gracepinghua Website: www.redthreadbroken.com