Category: Identity Development/Psychology

  • Raceless Like Me: Students at Harvard Navigate their Way Beyond the Boundaries of Race The Harvard Crimson Harvard University 2011-10-13 Zoe A. Y. Weinberg, Crimson Staff Writer One day last fall, Paula M. Maouyo ’14 sat in front of her laptop in Matthews trying to think of a topic for her Expos paper about racial…

  • Refusing to Identify by Race The New York Times 2013-07-11 Carlos Hoyt Andover, Massachusetts Re “Has ‘Caucasian’ Lost Its Meaning?” (news analysis, Sunday Review, July 7 [2013]): I recently completed a doctoral study at the Simmons School of Social Work about people who are commonly ascribed to the black/African-American, biracial or multiracial categories, but who…

  • I Am What I Say I Am Time Magazine 2001-03-18 Lise Funderburg According to Russell (my personal trainer by night, a lawyer by day, and a philosopher by disposition), I have white calves. Not white as in pasty, but as in Caucasian. My calves are–how to put it?–substantial, and their shape not only pegs me…

  • Finally, Someone Who “Gets” Me! Multiracial People Value Others’ Accuracy About Their Race Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Published online: 2013-03-06 DOI: 10.1037/a0032249 Jessica D. Remedios, Assistant Professor of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Alison L. Chasteen, Associate Professor University of Toronto Monoracial people typically encounter correct views about their race from others. Multiracial…

  • ‘Soy Yo!’: Play explores being multi-racial in a world where race matters St. Louis Beacon 2013-06-26 Nancy Fowler Parents, can you even imagine being accused of kidnapping your own children? It happened to Shari LeKane-Yentumi of University City. The reason was race. She’s white, her husband’s black. Their three children are both; and in our…

  • Are you a biracial/mulitraical individual? Tufts University Social Psychology Program at Tufts University 2013-06-18 Sarah Gaither, M.S. (E-Mail) Are you biracial/multiracial or mixed race? We are looking for people to complete a short online study (around 10 minutes long) in exchange for a chance at $25.00 USD. The study will involve providing some ratings about a…

  • Are Mixed Race Couples and Families Still Fighting for Acceptance in Alberta? Alberta Primetime Edmonton, Alberta 2013-06-12 Jennifer Martin, Host Monica Das, Registered Psychologist Yvonne Breckenridge University of Alberta Alberta Primetime is a daily current affairs show airing weeknights from 7pm MST to 8pm MST. Airing across Alberta on CTV Two Alberta, Alberta Primetime drills…

  • Standing on Both Feet: Voices of Older Mixed-Race Americans [Interview] KING-TV 5, Seattle Washington 2013-06-11 Margaret Larsen, Host New Day Northwest June 12 marks the 46th Anniversary of a landmark ruling by the United States Supreme Court which overturned a ban on interracial marriage that had been place on many states. But even before the…

  • Navigating Multiple Identities: Race, Gender, Culture, Nationality, and Roles ed. by Ruthellen Josselson and Michele Harway (review) The Review of Higher Education Volume 36, Number 4, Summer 2013 pages 565-566 DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2013.0038 Sarah Rodriguez In their edited book, Navigating Multiple Identities: Race, Gender, Culture, Nationality, and Roles, Ruthellen Josselson and Michele Harway explore the ways…

  • Black-White Biracial Children’s Social Development from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade: Links with Racial Identification, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status Social Development Volume 23, Issue 1 (February 2014) pages 157–177 DOI: 10.1111/sode.12037 Annamaria Csizmadia, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies University of Connecticut, Stamford Jean M. Ispa, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies University…