About the Author
Dr. Kathleen L. Whitten
Kathleen L. Whitten,
Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist and adoptive mother.
A former lecturer in psychology at the University of Virginia,
she was also a research faculty member at the Child-Parent Attachment
Clinic, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, University of Virginia,
and an evaluator of the Quality Improvement Center for Adoption.
Dr. Whitten has presented research on the psychology of adoption
at national and international psychology conferences. She has
published articles on adoption in
Parenthood in America
(ABC-CLIO),
The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention (Kluwer),
The New Book of Knowledge (Grolier/Scholastic) and the
Virginia Journal of Social Policy and Law. Her work has
been covered by CNN, the Associated Press, WVIR-TV (NBC affiliate).
She teaches continuing education workshops on adoption for social
workers and counselors, and parenting workshops for adoptive
families.
An award-winning poet, Dr. Whitten was named the S.C. poetry
fellow in 1995-96. Her poems have appeared in the
Journal of
the American Medical Association,
Yellow Silk,
Negative Capability,
the anthology
Twenty, and other publications.
