Dr. Patton to speak in GermanyPosted in Articles, Europe, Family/Parenting, Media Archive on 2017-11-16 21:47Z by Steven |
Dr. Patton to speak in Germany
Branding Iron: The UW Student Newspaper Online
2017-11-15
Courtney Kudera
 (Photo courtesy of Dr. Tracey Patton) A picture of Dr. Tracey Patton standing on the UW campus. |
Designing Modern Families: International Perspectives of Intercountry and Transracial Adoptions; this is the conference UW professor, Dr. Tracey Patton, has been asked to speak at in Germany beginning Friday, Nov. 17.
Patton is the co-author, in coordination with Sally Schedlock, of the work “Gender, Whiteness & Power in Rodeo: Breaking Away from the Ties of Sexism & Racism.” Patton is also a professor of communication here at UW.
…Patton commented on her own history in relation to the conferences’ topic. She has familial experience on the topic at hand.
As a first generation American on her mother’s side, Patton described her German heritage and the involvement in interracial and international adoptions, which affected up to 5,000 German children born during or after WWII.
From here, her research has had a national and transnational focus, working on the particular topic of interracial coupling and mixed-race children after WWII…
Read the entire article here.