Sandra Bamford

Sandra Bamford received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Virginia. Her main area of research expertise focuses on the analysis of kinship and family ties. She has completed research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea with a group of people known as the Kamea. She has also examined the impact of New Reproductive Technologies in precipitating new forms of kin arrangements. Her most recent work focuses on child welfare and foster care in North America with an emphasis on how foster care is understood and practiced in Canada.

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