Virginia Commonwealth University
Glen Allen, VA
Hollee A. McGinnis, MSW, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. In addition to being adopted from South Korea, she has almost 30 years of community organizing, practice, policy, and research experience on adoption, child welfare, and systems of alternative care (adoption, foster, orphanages). Her research broadly examines social and cultural determinants of mental health and well-being, racial/ethnic identity development, attachment trauma and cultural loss, cumulative stress and structural oppression (i.e. racism), mutual aid, and socially just practices and research. Specifically, her research centers the lived experiences and life course of individuals with histories childhood adversity, child welfare involvement, with a focus on racially minoritized individuals of Asian descent. Prior to her doctorate at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. McGinnis was the Policy Director at the Donaldson Adoption Institute in New York City. She received her Master of Science from Columbia University School of Social Work, and a post-Master’s Clinical Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center. In 1996 she founded Also-Known-As, Inc., a non-profit adult intercountry adoptee organization. She has been recognized by the U.S. Government with a Congressional Angel in Adoption award for her work on adoption. Her expertise is regularly sought from news media, including the New York Times Magazine, BBC News and NPR.
C02 - [IN-PERSON/RECORDED] Decolonizing Science for Justice: Closing the Research Loop
Monday, December 4, 2023
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET