Identify and I Don't: Recent Episodes
Rose Mergler
Interviewing scholars and adoptees, IDAID explores the impact of social media and genealogy services on identify formation and sense of belonging within transracial adoptees.
Joined by adoptees Kiera* and Judith Craig, a social worker specializing in fostering and adoption, we talk about a "narrative identity", facebook support groups, culture, and our beginnings.
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Me:
Instagram: @rosemergler
Website: www.identifyandidont.com
Twitter: @IDAIDPodcast
Judith:
Instagram: @Judecraigspeaks
Website: http://judithcraigmorency.com/
Adult Adoptee Network: https://www.facebook.com/groups/125502314851085
Are you an adoptee and interested in talking? Shoot me an email, I would love to talk! rose.mergler@gmail.com
Music provided by Joseph McDade.
*Names of all adoptees have been changed, ironically enough, to protect their identity.
Interviewing 22-year-old adoptee, Isla*, and Dr. Faiza Hirji, we discuss social media groups, including Facebook and the impact on identity, belonging, and finding "racial mirrors".
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Instagram: @rosemergler
Website: www.identifyandidont.com
Twitter: @IDAIDPodcast
Are you an adoptee and interested in talking? Shoot me an email, I would love to talk! rose.mergler@gmail.com
Music provided by Joseph McDade.
*Names of all adoptees have been changed, ironically enough, to protect their identity.
Joined by adoptee twins, Dara and Sophea, and Dr. Anita Foeman, a professor at West Chester University, and the primary researcher of The DNA Discussion Project,* we discuss the impact of DNA, "biological mirrors", and DNA kits such as 23AndMe and AncestryDNA.
Follow!
Instagram: @rosemergler
Website: www.identifyandidont.com
Twitter: @IDAIDPodcast
Are you an adoptee and interested in talking? Shoot me an email, I would love to talk! rose.mergler@gmail.com
Music provided by Joseph McDade.
*Names of all adoptees have been changed, ironically enough, to protect their identity.
Interviewing scholars and fellow adoptees, IDAID is a podcast about the impact of social media and genealogy services on identity formation and sense of belonging within transracial adoptees.