Genealogies of Korean *adoption: American empire, militarization, and yellow desire

Abstract

The morning of my graduation, my two-year old daughter asked me, “You graduate to become a doctor? ” “Yep, ” I replied. She paused to think. Then she said, “I become a doctor, too, someday. ” I have no doubt that she will. And she’ll probably do it in half the time it took me. If she does decide to get her Ph.D., I hope that she has the same circle of support I had to help her reach her goal. I want to acknowledge and thank those who inspired, supported, and nourished me along the way so that I could reach this pivotal milestone. First, I want to thank the members of my two dissertation writing groups: Harrod Suarez and Sonjia Hyon, who dedicated their time and energy to make our writing group productive and active despite our long distance from each other; and Alex Mendoza and Kandace Creel Falcon from the Kitchen Table Collective, a writing group for women of color. They read draft after draft of my chapters and were there every time I needed to think through an idea or test out an argument. The extremely insightful and critical feedback I received from these four colleagues undoubtedly made my dissertation stronger. During my tenure at the University of Minnesota, I couldn’t have asked for more dedicated and nurturing faculty members. I especially want to thank Jigna Desai, Erika Lee, and Josephine Lee for being excellent role models in showing me how to negotiate the demands of family life with the rigors of academic pursuit. These three scholar/teacher/mothers have demonstrated to me that motherhood can actually make one a better teacher and scholar. I am so grateful to have had such wonderful examples in my ii

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