Category: Identity Development/Psychology

  • Hope, Fear, Shame, Frustration: Continuity and Change in the Expression of  Coloured Identity in White Supremacist South Africa, 1910-1994 Journal of Southern African Studies Volume 32, Number 3 (September, 2006) pages 467-487 Mohamed Adhikari, Associate Professor of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town This article seeks to explain the basic impulses behind coloured exclusivity in…

  • Blood Quantum and Perceptions of Black-White Biracial Targets: The Black Ancestry Prototype Model of Affirmative Action Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Volume 37, Number 1 (January 2011) pages 3-14 DOI: 10.1177/0146167210389473 Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina George F. Chavez Department…

  • New research explains why we see Barack Obama as “black” rather than “white” News of Otago University of Otago, New Zealand 2010-11-25 Why do people tend to see biracial individuals such as Barack Obama as belonging to the minority group in their parentage rather than the majority one? According to new studies led by a…

  • Counseling Today Online: Under the radar Counseling Today Online American Counseling Association 2010-11-19 Lynne Shallcross Five ACA members discuss their efforts to reach out to and connect with client populations at risk of being overlooked and underserved No ethical counselor enters the profession and anticipates skipping over or ignoring a group in need of help.…

  • APA recognizes record number of student research projects gradPSYCH Magazine Volume 8, Number 3 (September 2010) Page 7 J. Clark   The APA Science Student Council doubled its research prizes this year, awarding six $1,000 Early Graduate Student Research Awards to psychology doctoral students for their outstanding research. “By recognizing the work of these students,…

  • Ecological Framework for Understanding Multiracial Identity Development American Psychological Association 2002 1 page (chart) Maria P. P. Root A graphical representation of the factors involved in multiracial identity development. View the chart here.

  • Multiple Realities: A Relational Narrative Approach in Therapy With Black–White Mixed-Race Clients Family Relations Volume 52, Issue 2 (April 2003) pages 119–128 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00119.x Kerry Ann Rockquemore Tracey A. Laszloffy Notions of a racial identity for persons with one Black and one White parent have assumed the existence of only a singular identity (first Black…

  • Sources of Self-Categorization as Minority for Mixed-Race Individuals: Implications for Affirmative Action Entitlement Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 16, Issue 4 (October 2010) Pages 453-460 DOI: 10.1037/a0020128 Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina George F. Chavez Department of Psychology Rutgers University Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of…

  • Sociology Professor Chronicles Rising Latino Culture Inside Fordham Online Fordham University In Focus: Faculty and Research 2010-11-15 Patrick Verel Already the largest minority group in the United States, Latinos will be an even bigger presence in the years to come, according to demographic studies. Clara Rodriguez, Ph.D., professor of sociology in Fordham College at Lincoln…

  • Constructing Whiteness: Regulating Aboriginal identity University of Toronto 2009 93 pages Publication Number: AAT MR59722 ISBN: 9780494597224 Rebecca Boock A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts Graduate Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto Curricula in classrooms…