Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Kinship Conference #5 – some pictures and a few comments

I fear I am not a good note taker or conference blogger, but I tried to get a couple lines in about most of the panels I attended. My own panel, Roundtable on Wayne Carp’s Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption was held late Saturday afternoon. Members included Marianne Novy English, U. of Pittsburgh, Elizabeth Samuel, University School of Law, and of course Wayne, all discussing Jean Paton. My presentation was “A Radical Looks at a Radical.” It’s in pretty rough form, but if I ever get around to fixing it up I’ll post it here. Continue Reading →