Mixed Race Studies

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  • The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the US Population: Emerging American Identities

    The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the US Population: Emerging American Identities Population and Development Review Volume 35, Issue 1 (March 2009) pages 1-51 DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00260.x Anthony Daniel Perez, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Charles Hirschman, Boeing International Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology and Center for Studies in…

  • Biracial Utahns seeking identity

    Biracial Utahns seeking identity Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah 2005-03-12 Elaine Jarvik They’re biracial — equally Polynesian and white. But most prefer to think of themselves as Polynesian, says University of Utah graduate student Kawika Allen, who recently studied 84 Polynesian-Caucasian Utahns. Allen, who grew up with an Hawaiian mother and a Caucasian father,…

  • Afro-German Biracial Identity Development

    Afro-German Biracial Identity Development Virginia Commonwealth University May 2010 75 pages Rebecca R. Hubbard A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University An increase in the biracial population has heightened our awareness of unique issues that pervade the experience of these individuals. The…

  • Looking in the Cultural Mirror: How understanding race and culture helps us answer the question: “Who am I?”

    Looking in the Cultural Mirror: How understanding race and culture helps us answer the question: “Who am I?” Psychology Today 2010-07-06 Jefferson M. Fish, Ph.D. The Census and Race—Part I–Key Issues: What can science tell us about the census’s race questions? (2010-07-06) The 2010 Census is well on its way to completion. Its controversial questions…

  • When the Options Are Open: Racial Identification of Part-American Indian Children in Census 2000

    When the Options Are Open: Racial Identification of Part-American Indian Children in Census 2000  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Atlanta Hilton Hotel Atlanta, Georgia 2003-08-16 23 pages Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota I will use data on part-American Indian children in the 2000 Census 1…

  • “What are you?” Biracial Perceptions of Persistent Identity Questions when Bodily Appearances signify Race

    “What are you?” Biracial Perceptions of Persistent Identity Questions when Bodily Appearances signify Race Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association Sheraton New York New York, New York 2005-05-26 through 2005-05-30 23 pages Erica Butcher Ohio State University This qualitative study examines the perceptions of Biracial females persistently questioned about their…

  • Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Meaning of “The Black Community”

    Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Meaning of “The Black Community” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton San Francisco San Francisco, California 2009-08-09 46 pages Cherise A. Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology Connecticut College Nikki Khanna Sherwin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont…

  • Social Comparisons, Social Networks, and Racial Identity: The Case of Black-White Biracial Americans

    Social Comparisons, Social Networks, and Racial Identity: The Case of Black-White Biracial Americans Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton San Francisco San Francisco, California 2009-08-08 47 pages Nikki Khanna Sherwin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Cathryn Johnson, Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies…

  • Biracial Identity Theory and Research Juxtaposed with Narrative Accounts of a Biracial Individual

    Biracial Identity Theory and Research Juxtaposed with Narrative Accounts of a Biracial Individual Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Volume 27, Number 5 (October 2010) pages 355-364 DOI: 10.1007/s10560-010-0209-6 Simon Nuttgens, Professor of Psychology Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada With the increase in mixed-racial parentage in North America comes increased scholarly activity intended to bring greater understanding…

  • Claiming a Biracial Identity: Resisting Social Constructions of Race and Culture

    Claiming a Biracial Identity: Resisting Social Constructions of Race and Culture Journal of Counseling & Development Volume 77, Number 1 (Winter 1999) pages 32-35 ISSN-0748-9633 Carmen Braun Williams, Assistant Vice President for Diversity University of Colorado System In a world where socially constructed categories of race are misconstrued as biological, the author, a light-skinned “Black,”…