Adoption Articles - Speeches - Interviews
Read some of Jana's adoption articles
Articles
Adoptive Parenting (early on)
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
Adoptive Families, March/April 1997
Paradoxes of Adoptive Parenting
Adoptive Families, March/April 2003
You Don’t Have to be Perfect to Adopt and Other Myths
Adoptive Families, May/June 2000
The Other Mother
Adoptive Families, May/June 2004
Adoptive Parenting (later on)
A Love Like No Other – “The First Thirteen,” Riverhead Books, 2005, excerpt
The Trouble with Troubled Teens – 2007
Transracial Adoption
Interview With An Adoptive Mama
White Sugar, Brown Sugar, August 4, 2010
Black Unlike Me
The New York Times Magazine, February 14, 1999
Kwanzukkah: One Family’s Multicultural Celebration
Adoptive Families, Nov/Dec 1998
Culture Camp: A chance to feel at home away from home
Adoptive Families, March/April 1998
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Adoptive Families, Sept/Oct 1998
Where He’s Going
Adoptive Families, March/April 2009
Raising a Child of Another Race
Adoptive Families, March/April 2000
An Unmatched Set
Adoptive Families, Sept/Oct 2002
The Colors of the Season
Adoptive Families, Nov/Dec 2003
Chicago Tribune — Emotional Family Ties
Chicago Tribune, February 12, 1997
Keynote Speeches
Journey of an Adoptive Mother
The Barker Foundation
Moving from Infertility to Adoption
Resolve
15 Myths about Adoption
NACAC Conference
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
Chicago Area Families for Adoption Conference
The Book Within You: How to Write the Adoption Book You’ve Always Wanted to Write
Chicago Area Families for Adoption Conference
Radio Interviews
WAMC
Albany, NY
WNYC
New York City
KALW
San Francisco
WFHR
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Voice of America
Washington, DC
KIXL
Austin, TX
KPCC
Pasadena, CA
KFAE
Chelan, WA
WJON
St. Cloud, MN
