This article presents an interview with Dr. Amanda L. Baden, Professor and Doctoral Program Director at Montclair State University and a licensed psychologist. Baden shares information on their rich adoption-focused research agenda and offers insight into emergent clinical and research areas of focus for adult adoptees and their families. Additionally, Baden provides recommendations for adoptee-identifying graduate students in mental health training programs.
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BadenA. L.SharmaS. M.AdamsL. M.RandallR.AgrustiM. L.HarringtonE. S.KobusA. M.JasminM.KwonD.NsenkyireK.CariasR.BalducciS. (2024). “How could you give your child away?” Birth parents’ experiences of microaggressions. The Counseling Psychologist, 52(6), 960–990. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000241265012
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BadenA. L.SharmaS. M.HarringtonE. S.WhiteE. E.ZhangX.PinderhughesE. E. (2024). White adoptive parents of children from China, microaggressions, and parental awareness of bias. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(4), 582–594. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001217
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BadenA. L.TreweekeL. M.AhluwaliaK. M. (2012). Reclaiming culture: Reculturation of transracial international adoptees. Journal of Counseling and Development, 90(4), 387–399. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6676.2012.00049.x
