SunAh M Laybourn (she/her)
@SunAhMariePHD
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Sociology PhD. Focus: racialization. Host of WYXR 91.7FM's Let's Grab Coffee. Founder, AAPI Heritage Month Memphis. Plant mom.
Memphis, TN
Joined November 2010
November is National Adoption Month which adoptees have reclaimed as National ADOPTEE Awareness Month. It's only fitting that I have a book cover reveal for my book, Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants! pre-order now! https://t.co/HLw0CkIAD0
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FAMILY ‼️ Just found out cxffeeblack is up for TWO @sxsw experiences this year alongside our friends Martin Mayorga and @oneouncegold ! Crazy 🤦🏿♂️ Voting ends 5 days 😬 This is officially the craziest year in our movement, and we could be more grateful. 🤲🏿 And a special
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i love when i receive an article/book review request & it's an automatic YES. the way i immediately got excited reading the abstract 🙌🏼
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😭😭 so glad to have you as a colleague!
Likewise, this year wouldn't have been the same without my departmental friend and mentor @SunAhMariePHD. You have welcomed, accepted, and helped me in unmatched ways. I look forward to continuing to do the work with you next door. And you helped show my bro a good time too 3/?
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Recommended. Still reading this from @SunAhMariePHD, which strongly builds on and carries forward the work of Eleana Kim, Kim Park Nelson, @MyersKit and many others who have written critically about transnational adoption, many with a focus on Korea. https://t.co/L5zGyVEP5w
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Facebook & IG are down, making it the perfect time to swap your scrolls for strolls at Shelby Farms Park!
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Sunah M. Laybourn @SunAhMariePHD @UofMSociology @uofmemphis @nyupress shows how #Korean adoptees reconcile numerous citizenship and ethnic and racial membership requirements and redefine belonging individually and socially. FULL: ▶️ https://t.co/PckxIqiibw
#outofplace
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Sunah M. Laybourn @SunAhMariePHD @nyupress @UofMSociology @uofmemphis, shows how #Korean adoptees reconcile numerous citizenship and ethnic and racial membership requirements and redefine belonging individually and socially. FULL INSIGHT: ▶️ https://t.co/PckxIqiibw
#outofplace
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I can't wait for you to have your copy in your hands & for us to chat about it! (I can't wait to have a copy in my hands! lol) Looking forward to talking with podcasters, journalists, book clubs, adoptee groups, colleges/universities, and all other curious readers!
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Parents/grandparents: this post could save your family hundreds of dollars. Did you know it’s actually possible for young children to have TOO MANY toys? 🧸 🎁 As we enter the holiday season, grown ups often feel pressured to make the big event “extra special” - which can
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In this piece from @SunAhMariePHD, the author of 'Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants' explains how narratives around #NationalAdoptionMonth oversimplify the experiences of adoptees.
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Tomorrow morning on Let's Grab Coffee on @WYXR_Memphis I'm revisiting a conversation with Roxanna Asgarian author of We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America. Tune in Monday 11am CST on https://t.co/xxuzP6zTT4
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November is National Adoptee Awareness Month. In order to amplify adoptee voices, this month on Let's Grab Coffee on @wyxr_memphis I'm revisiting conversations with authors of recent book releases that center adoptee experiences. Mondays 11am CST https://t.co/xxuzP6zTT4
#NAAM
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Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants draws upon hundreds of conversations with Korean adoptees to demonstrate how they - how we - create their own space for belonging despite prevailing beliefs of race, family, and citizenship that position them as out of place.
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Fixed signs (Aquarius, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio) you just entered your glow up era ✨
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