Research Salon
Research Salons
The B´ÎÔª Research Salon is a monthly presentation series designed to help faculty develop their research in a supportive, low-stakes setting. They also represent an opportunity for the Mercy community (including faculty, staff, and students) to learn more about our colleagues’ research and scholarly contributions. Sessions typically feature 45 minutes of presentation followed by 45 minutes of Q + A.
Salon meetings are open to the university community, and are coordinated by Dr. Saul Fisher, Associate Provost for Research, Grants, and Academic Initiatives. Please direct all questions and inquiries about the Research Salon Series to research@mercy.edu.You can find more information about the Salons scheduled for this academic year below.
Presenter: Angelle Richardson
Title: "Adoption and Kinship Legacy: An Oral History Project"
Date: November 13th, 2025
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Charter Room, Verrazzano Hall (Dobbs Ferry Campus)
Modality: Hybrid
Links: RSVP
Abstract: This study aims to explore how all members of the adoption and kinship care triads have been impacted by formal and informal adoption and kinship care intergenerationally. The objective is to allow adoptees, kinship children, birth mothers, and adoptive and kinship mothers to share their narratives to create an accurate historical account of adoption and kinship care within a combined biological and adoptive family where intergenerational informal and formal adoption and kinship care has occurred. This oral history project will incorporate oral history interviews and narrative analysis, from a feminist theory lens. Each participant will participate in an oral history interview. The interviews will be audio recorded, and, with permission, video recorded when possible. The recordings will be archived.
All salons will take place at 2:00pm in the Verrazzano Hall Charter Room unless otherwise noted. Titles may be tentative.
October 9th (3:00pm): Stephanie Grier, "The S.C.O.R.E Program". .
November 13th: Angelle Richardson, "Adoption and Kinship Legacy: An Oral History Project".
December 11th: John Yoon, "Steganography: a Technique For Sending Sensitive Data Securely". .
January 8th: Melissa Ramdas & Kumudumali Vitro, "When Loss Changes the Self: Secondary Loss Identity Crisis". .
February 12th: Jessica Fountas, "Awakening Clinical Intuition: A Phenomenological Exploration of MFT Graduate Training". .
March 12th: Angelle Richardson, Melissa Ramdas, & Salaha Kabir, "Safe Practice, Real Impact: Using Simulation to Train Graduate Students for Domestic Violence Response". .
April 9th: Boria Sax, "Finding a Place in Academia". .
May 14th: Naushad Kollikkathara, "Bridging Classroom Learning and Industry Projects: Strategies and Insights from Running Experiential Learning Online". .
Applications for the AY25-26 Research Salon series are now closed.