About the Author
Dr. Kathleen L. Whitten
Kathleen L. Whitten, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist and adoptive mother. She is a lecturer in psychology at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and was named a Distinguished Fellow in Developmental Psychology by the National Council for Adoption in Washington, D.C. 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 presents research and training on the psychology of adoption at national and international psychology and social work 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.
