Her research focuses on the racialized aspects of the adoption marketplace. Liz is particularly interested in questions investigating how transracial adoption reflects the changing American color line, and how child adoption is both a process of consumption and child welfare. She is currently working on a book manuscript entitled, “Chosen Children: Race in the Adoption Marketplace.” Born in Korea, Liz was transracially adopted as an infant and raised in Massachusetts. She earned her BA from Brown University and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband, who is also a Korean adoptee, and daughter in Minnesota.