MSUM American Multicultural Studies Associate Professor Kim Park Nelson will be interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio News on Tuesday, April 12 at 11 am about her new book, Invisible Asians: Korean American Adoptees, Asian American Experiences, and Racial Exceptionalism, released last month by Rutgers University Press. Tune into KCCD 90.3 in Fargo-Moorhead or use MPR’s live streaming. For more about the […]
Kim Park Nelson, faculty in the AMCS department, organized, attended, and presented at the Third International Symposium of Korean Adoption Studies in Seoul, South Korea on July 29. This is her third time as lead organizer of the Symposium and lead editor of the Symposium proceedings. The Symposium is a one day academic conference that is part of the week […]
More about Off and Running Off and Running is the story of Brooklyn teenager Avery, a track star with a bright future. She is the adopted African-American child of white Jewish lesbians. Her older brother is black and Puerto Rican, and her younger brother is Korean. Though it may not look typical, Avery’s household is like most American homes — until Avery […]