Adoptee scholars who have researched adoption in some aspect or teach at a college/university level:
- Amanda Baden, Montclair University
- Bert Ballard, Pepperdine University
- DaShanne Stokes, University of Pittsburgh
- Gina M. Samuels, University of Chicago
- Hollee McGinnis, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Indigo Willing, The University of Queensland, Australia
- Jenny Heijun Wills, University of Winnipeg, Canada
- John Raible, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- Julia Chinyere Oparah, Mills College
- Kim Park Nelson, Minnesota State University – Moorhead
- Kimberly McKee, Grand Valley State University
- Kit Myers, University of California – Merced
- Lene Myong, University of Southern Denmark
- Liz Raleigh, Carleton College
- Oh Myo Kim, Boston College
- Raven Sinclair, Social Work, University of Regina
- Robert O’Connor, Metropolitan State University
- Sara Docan-Morgan, University Wisconsin – LaCrosse
- Stephanie A. Flores-Koulish, Loyola University Maryland
- Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter
- Subini Annamma, University of Kansas
- Susan Branco, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
- Susan Devan Harness
- Tobias Hübinette
