Chapter 1. Introduction Interlude: A Transracial Adoptee Writing Herself Into Existence: Interlude with Shannon Gibney Chapter 2. “Systems of Care” in Foster Care and Adoption Interlude: Wrestling with Colonial Legacies of Iñupiaq Family Separation: Interlude with Roo Ramos Chapter 3. Transnational Adoption & Indigenous Sovereignty Interlude: Constellations of National Economies, Family Separation, Military Occupation in the Transnational Adoption Industrial Complex: Interlude with Kimberly D. McKee Chapter 4. Juvenile Justice, Foster Care, & Adoption Interlude: Creative Resistance for and By System-Involved Young People: Interlude with Lizbett Benge Chapter 5. Reimagining Care & Community: The Right to Parent Interlude: Visions of the Future Through Indigenous Human Rights: Interlude with Julian Aguon
Tanya Saroj Bakhru is a professor and program coordinator of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at San Jose State University. She holds a PhD in Women’s Studies from University College Dublin in Ireland. Her research focuses on transnational women's health movements and reproductive justice.
Krista L. Benson is an associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University, teaching in LGBT Studies, Integrative Studies, and Digital Studies. They hold a PhD from The Ohio State University with an interdisciplinary specialization in Sexuality Studies. Their research focuses on how co-constitution of sexuality, gender, race, and Indigenous sovereignty impact marginalized people, especially children and young adults and those involved with the criminal injustice system at all ages.