Myers received his B.S. in Journalism and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon (2006) and earned his M.A. (2009) and Ph.D. (2013) in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He was also a UC Merced Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow. Myers’ book manuscript is entitled Race and the Violence of Love: The Making of Family and Nation in U.S. Adoptions. He has published an article, “‘Real Families’: The Violence of Love in New Media Adoption Discourse,” in Critical Discourse Studies and a chapter in an edited volume called, “Creating (Un)equal Families in The Child Citizenship Act of 2000.” His research and teaching interests include race, family, and adoption; Critical Ethnic Studies; American Studies; Asian American Studies; race and law; and Critical Pedagogy. Myers is also a member of the Adoption Museum Project leadership team.