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Acknowledgements
This thesis was a labor of love, sweat and even a few tears. I could not have
gotten through this project without the help and guidance of my incredible thesis
committee: Professors Jennifer Floto, Brenda Lynch and Kjerstin Thorson. Jenn, thank
you for helping to shape my initial vision for this paper and for giving me direction when
I felt I had none. Your enthusiasm for this topic was exactly what I needed. Kjerstin, I
so appreciate your detailed and focused attention to the questions I had not yet answered.
Those probes encouraged me to reevaluate this project and I believe my paper is better
because of that. Brenda. What would I have done without you? You calmed my
(sometimes unnecessary) overwhelming anxiety and brought me back to a place where I
could clearly see what this paper was really about. Your guidance and understanding has
been invaluable. Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I must also say thanks to my thesis buddies, Camille Hashem and Diana Bulnes. I
am so glad I could share this experience with someone else. Thank you both for listening
to my complaints and fears and for rejoicing with me at each milestone. You kept me
sane!
Lastly, thank you to my immediate family. To my mother who prays for me
without ceasing. Those prayers truly covered me and helped me stay on track the last
two years. To my sister Michelle, you’ve been such a great example and I am so grateful
for your motivation, knowledge and advice; and to my sister, Debbie, thank you for
always believing in me. Your faith in me is amazing. I don’t know what I would have
done without your endless support all these years. I love you all!
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 3 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | iii Acknowledgements This thesis was a labor of love, sweat and even a few tears. I could not have gotten through this project without the help and guidance of my incredible thesis committee: Professors Jennifer Floto, Brenda Lynch and Kjerstin Thorson. Jenn, thank you for helping to shape my initial vision for this paper and for giving me direction when I felt I had none. Your enthusiasm for this topic was exactly what I needed. Kjerstin, I so appreciate your detailed and focused attention to the questions I had not yet answered. Those probes encouraged me to reevaluate this project and I believe my paper is better because of that. Brenda. What would I have done without you? You calmed my (sometimes unnecessary) overwhelming anxiety and brought me back to a place where I could clearly see what this paper was really about. Your guidance and understanding has been invaluable. Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I must also say thanks to my thesis buddies, Camille Hashem and Diana Bulnes. I am so glad I could share this experience with someone else. Thank you both for listening to my complaints and fears and for rejoicing with me at each milestone. You kept me sane! Lastly, thank you to my immediate family. To my mother who prays for me without ceasing. Those prayers truly covered me and helped me stay on track the last two years. To my sister Michelle, you’ve been such a great example and I am so grateful for your motivation, knowledge and advice; and to my sister, Debbie, thank you for always believing in me. Your faith in me is amazing. I don’t know what I would have done without your endless support all these years. I love you all! |
