Author: Steven

  • Plus ça Change? Multiraciality and the Dynamics of Race Relations in the United States Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 205-219 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01595.x Frank D. Bean, Chancellor’s Professor School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine Jennifer Lee, Associate Professor, Sociology School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine The issue…

  • Exploring Multiracial Individuals’ Comfort with Intimate Interracial Relationships Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (2009) pp. 87–103 Courtney M. Bonam Stanford University Margaret Shih, Assistant Professor, Organizational Psychology University of Michigan This article explores the relationship between a heightened awareness of race as a social construct and comfort in interracial relationships across varying…

  • Multiracial Identity Integration: Perceptions of Conflict and Distance among Multiracial Individuals Journal of Social Issues Vol. 65, No. 1, 2009 pp. 51–68 Chi-Ying Cheng, Assistant Professor of Psychology Singapore Management University Fiona Lee, Professor of Psychology University of Michigan This article examines how multiracial individuals negotiate their different and sometimes conflicting racial identities. Drawing from…

  • …Marriage between blacks, whites and Indians was legal in Virginia for most of the 17th century. Genealogist Paul Heinegg found that 99% of all mixed children in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the Carolinas before 1810 came from intermarriages of free blacks with whites. Cases of white masters having children by black slaves were virtually non-existence,…

  • …From the 1620s, in southern British colonies like Virginia, white northern Europeans intermarried with Indians.  They also intermarried with Africans who began entering the American colonies as early as 1619.  Melungeons originate from these red, white and black peoples in this period of American history.  They began forming identifiable separate mixed communities when the first…

  • The Interpretation of Multiracial Status and Its Relation to Social Engagementand Psychological Well-Being Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number1, (March 2009) pages 35-49 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01586.x Kevin R. Binning Stanford University Miguel M. Unzueta University of California, Los Angeles Yuen J. Huo University of California, Los Angeles Ludwin E. Molina University of Kansas This research…

  • Is Valuing Equality Enough? Equality Values, Allophilia, and Social Policy Support for Multiracial Individuals Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 151-163 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01592.x Todd L. Pittinsky, Professor of Technology and Society State University of New York, Stony Brook R. Matthew Montoya, Assistant Professor of Psychology University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio We…

  • Mixed Race Students in College: The Ecology of Race, Identity, and Community on Campus SUNY Press July 2004 308 pages Hardback ISBN10: 0-7914-6163-7; ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6163-1 Paperback ISBN10: 0-7914-6164-5; ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6164-8 Kristen A. Renn, Associate Professor Michigan State University Portrays the diverse experiences and identities of mixed race college students. Kristen A. Renn offers a new…

  • Educational Policy, Politics, and Mixed Heritage Students in the United States Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 165-183 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01593.x Kristen A. Renn, Professor of Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education Michigan State University This article describes local, state, and federal policies related to collecting, aggregating, and reporting data on student…

  • How Understanding Interracial Families Contributes to Our Understanding of Race and Family Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Montreal Convention Center Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2006-08-11 22 pages Jessica Mills In family sociology, racial differences have long been viewed as a defining feature of family life. Yet, the treatment of the…