Profile
Miriam Klevan
Biography
Research/Scholarship
Projects
Back to Top
Miriam Klevan
 |
|
Biography
Miriam Klevan is a doctoral student in the Human Development and
Social Policy program. She received her B.A. in English literature from
Columbia University and her M.S.W. from New York University. She has worked
clinically with domestic violence victims, families at risk of being
separated by the child welfare system, and foster families, and has used
narrative methods in her therapeutic practice. Her research interests
include using narrative methods to study infertility, adoption, and foster care. Her current project, Adoption, Infertility and the Life Story analyzes life stories of thirty-eight people who adopted after infertility.
Research/Scholarship
Projects
Foley Center for the Study of LivesResearch Interests
Narrative psychology; narrative therapy; adult and child development; infertility, adoption, and foster care; narratives of people forming “unusual” families; and narratives employed by members of adopted and foster families.
Miriam Klevan is currently analyzing life story narratives focused on the infertility and adoption experience collected from 38 people (19 heterosexual couples) who adopted after experiencing infertility.
Last Updated: 2009-11-04 11:07:32
Back to Top