Category: Identity Development/Psychology

  • On Being Amorphous: Autoethnography, Genealogy, and a Multiracial Identity Qualitative Inquiry Volume 9, Number 1 (2003) pages 20-48 DOI: 10.1177/1077800402239338 Sarah N. Gatson, Associate Professor of Sociology Texas A&M University The article is a sociologically informed approach to understanding the author’s own place and identity. Questions of personal identity serve to highlight larger insights about…

  • Mixed Ancestry Racial/Ethnic Identity Development (MAREID) Model Wellesley Centers for Women 2003 Peony Fhagen-Smith, Assistant Professor of Psychology Wheaton College, Norton Massachusetts To date no theoretical work on racial/ethnic identity development adequately provides a framework for explaining current empirical findings concerning racial/ethnic identification among mixed ancestry youth. This paper reviews current research on the mixed…

  • Examining Mixed-Ancestry Identity in Adolescents Wellesley Centers for Women Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2008 Two years ago, scholars at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) launched a study of racial and ethnic identification among adolescents of mixed ancestry. The reasons for pursuing the research were several. Most literature about ethnic/racial self-identification patterns derived from…

  • Complexities in Researching Mixed Ancestry Adolescents: A Preliminary Study Wellesley Centers for Women 2004 Michelle Porche Peony Fhagen-Smith, Assistant Professor of Psychology Wheaton College, Norton Massachusetts Jo H. Kim Heidie A. Vázquez García Allison J. Tracy Sumru Erkut Contemporary events, such as the change in the 2000 U.S. Census, highlight the need for a better…

  • New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development: A Theoretical and Practical Anthology New York University Press Paperback 2001 296 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780814793435 Edited by Charmaine Wijeyesinghe Bailey W. Jackson, Associate Professor of Education University of Massachusetts, Amherst Decades have passed since our original theories of racial identity development were formed, bringing with them changes in…

  • Rise and Fall of the Cosmic Race: The Cult of Mestizaje in Latin America University of Texas Press 2004 6 x 9 in. 216 pp., 3 b&w illus. ISBN: 978-0-292-70596-8 Marilyn Grace Miller, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Tulane University, New Orleans Latin America is characterized by a uniquely rich history of cultural and…

  • Multiracial America: A Resource Guide on the History and Literature of Interracial Issues The Scarecrow Press, Inc. March 2005 264 pages Paper ISBN: 0-8108-5199-7; ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5199-3 Edited by Karen Downing, Foundation and Grants Librarian Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan Darlene Nichols, Psychology Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan Kelly…

  • Reading the Dougla Body: Mixed-race, Post-race, and Other Narratives of What it Means to be Mixed in Trinidad Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies Volume 3, Issue 1 (March 2008) pages 1-31 DOI: 10.1080/17442220701865820 Sarah England, Associate Professor of Anthropology Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, California In recent years there has been a great…

  • Multiracial Identity in the Post-Civil Rights Era Social Identities Volume 11, Issue 5 (September 2005) pages 531-549 DOI: 10.1080/13504630500408164 Gino Michael Pellegrini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California This article, which utilizes personal experience as well as other perspectives and theories on race and mixed race, suggests that multiracial identity is…