Mixed Race Studies

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  • Race as freedom: how Cedric Dover and Barack Obama became black

    Race as freedom: how Cedric Dover and Barack Obama became black Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37, Issue 2 pages 222-240 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.715661 Nico Slate, Associate Professor of History Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Born across racial lines, Cedric Dover and Barack Obama both came to identify with the African American community. By contrasting the lives…

  • Help Out a New Study Looking at Sharing Preferences for Biracial Children!

    Help Out a New Study Looking at Sharing Preferences for Biracial Children! Tufts University 2014-02-06 Sarah Gaither, M.S. Social Psychology Ph.D. Candidate Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Do you have a child (age 3-8 years) that is either biracial Black/White or biracial Asian/White and live in the Boston area? We have a new study looking at…

  • Research Project on “Mixed Race” Identity: Call for Edmonton, Canada Area Participants

    Research Project on “Mixed Race” Identity: Call for Edmonton, Canada Area Participants University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada 2014-01-31 Jillian Paragg, Ph.D. Student Department of Sociology Are you of mixed racial background? Do you/have you identified as “mixed race”, “multiracial”, or with other “mixed” self-identifications (i.e. biracial, mulatto, eurasian, happa, creole etc.)? Do other people identify…

  • Motivation to Control Prejudice Predicts Categorization of Multiracials

    Motivation to Control Prejudice Predicts Categorization of Multiracials Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Volume 40, Number 5 (May 2014) pages 590-603 DOI: 10.1177/0146167213520457 Jacqueline M. Chen, Post-doctoral Scholar University of California, Davis Wesley G. Moons, Assistant Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis Sarah E. Gaither Department of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts David L.…

  • “We Have Created Our Own Meaning for Hapa Identity”: The Mobilization of Self-Proclaimed Hapas within Institutions of Higher Education

    “We Have Created Our Own Meaning for Hapa Identity”: The Mobilization of Self-Proclaimed Hapas within Institutions of Higher Education Amerasia Journal Volume 35, Number 2 (2009) pages 191-213 Patricia E. Literte, Associate Professor of Sociology California State University, Fullerton This article examines Hapa student organizations on two university campuses—one public and one private. Drawing on…

  • Beyond “Code-switching:” The Racial Capital of Black/White Biracial Americans

    Beyond “Code-switching:” The Racial Capital of Black/White Biracial Americans University of Connecticut 2013 170 pages Chandra D. L. Waring A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Social science has examined the experiences of the burgeoning bi/multiracial population within the scope of three core areas: racial identity…

  • Racial Malleability and Authenticity in Multiracial Well-Being

    Racial Malleability and Authenticity in Multiracial Well-Being University of Miami 134 pages May 2014 Lauren E. Smith A DISSERTATION Submitted to the Faculty of the University of Miami in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy After relatively stable rates of interracial marriage, the numbers of unions across race markedly…

  • Call for Biracial/Racial Ambiguity Person Perception Data

    Call for Biracial/Racial Ambiguity Person Perception Data The Stigma, Health, and Close Relationships Lab Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 2014-01-15 The The Stigma, Health, and Close Relationships Lab is currently conducting a systematic review of research on person construal and evaluation of biracial/mixed-race and/or racially ambiguous targets. We would like to include unpublished,…

  • When an “Educated” Black Man Becomes Lighter in the Mind’s Eye

    When an “Educated” Black Man Becomes Lighter in the Mind’s Eye SAGE Open 2014-01-14 9 pages DOI: 10.1177/2158244013516770 Avi Ben-Zeev, Professor of Cognitive Psychology San Francisco State University Tara C. Dennehy University of Massachusetts, Amherst Robin I. Goodrich University of California, Davis Branden S. Kolarik University of California, Davis Mark W. Geisler, Professor of Physiological…

  • Racial identity development of mixed race college students

    Racial identity development of mixed race college students Clemson University 2012 216 pages Helen Diamond Steele The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence mixed race college students’ choice of racial identity. This study also explored whether or not there are any differences among each of the racial identity groups’ perceptions…