Mixed Race Studies

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  • Half-Caste as Seen Through the Eyes of James Southard

    Half-Caste as Seen Through the Eyes of James Southard Mixed Race Radio Blog Talk Radio 2013-06-05, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host James Southard has always been drawn to the creation of authentic stories that are visually and emotionally compelling. His love of music and photography eventually led him to the video business as…

  • Winning the Race

    Winning the Race NYU Alumni Magazine Fall 2012 Andrea Crawford As the first African-American president runs for reelection, researchers examine the subliminal influence of political ads  In 1990, longtime North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms was trailing challenger Harvey Gantt, an African-American who supported affirmative action, when the Helms campaign produced the infamous “hands” commercial. As…

  • Bicultural Identity Negotiation, Conflicts, and Intergroup Communication Strategies

    Bicultural Identity Negotiation, Conflicts, and Intergroup Communication Strategies Journal of Intercultural Communication Research Volume 42,  Issue 2, 2013 pages 112-134 DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2013.785973 Adrian Toomey California State University, Fullerton Tenzin Dorjee, Assistant Professor of Human Communications Studies California State University, Fullerton Stella Ting-Toomey, Professor of Human Communications Studies California State University, Fullerton This qualitative study explores…

  • Looking the Part: Social Status Cues Shape Race Perception

    Looking the Part: Social Status Cues Shape Race Perception PLoS ONE Volume 6, Issue 9: e25107 Published: 2011-09-26 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025107 Jonathan B. Freemam,  Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Matthias Scheutz,…

  • “My dad is samurai”: Positioning of race and ethnicity surrounding a transnational Colombian Japanese high school student

    “My dad is samurai”: Positioning of race and ethnicity surrounding a transnational Colombian Japanese high school student Linguistics and Education Available Online: 2013-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2013.03.002 Satoko Shao-Kobayashi Chiba University, Japan Highlights Racial hierarchies in different countries impact transnational students’ positioning in local contexts. Participants Other coethnics by using various labels to destigmatize their own minority…

  • Multiracial Identity Development and the Impact of Race-Oriented Student Services

    Multiracial Identity Development and the Impact of Race-Oriented Student Services Kansas State University 2013 46 pages Margaret Roque A REPORT submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF SCIENCE Department of Special Education, Counseling, and Student Affairs College of Education Multiracial identity development has been a topic of study that has…

  • ‘One Drop of Love’ Creates Ripple Effect at UCSB

    ‘One Drop of Love’ Creates Ripple Effect at UCSB The Bottom Line Weekly Newspaper of Associated Students, UC Santa Barbara: News, Features, Video & Investigative Journalism for UCSB 2013-05-13 Yuen Sin, Staff Writer The personal is very much the political, as actress-playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni illustrated through her solo show “One Drop of Love: A…

  • The Political Psychology of Personal Narrative: The Case of Barack Obama

    The Political Psychology of Personal Narrative: The Case of Barack Obama Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Volume 10, Issue 1, December 2010 pages 182–206 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01207.x Phillip L. Hammack, Associate Professor of Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Guided by theories of narrative identity, racial identity development, and Freire’s (1970) notion of conscientização,…

  • White ancestry in perceptions of Black/White biracial individuals: implications for affirmative-action contexts

    White ancestry in perceptions of Black/White biracial individuals: implications for affirmative-action contexts Journal of Applied Social Psychology Published online: 2013-05-09 DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12020 Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University George F. Chavez Department of Psychology Rutgers University The present studies examine…

  • Acclaimed Actress Performs Play on Race, Love

    Acclaimed Actress Performs Play on Race, Love The Daily Nexus University of California, Santa Barbara’s Independent, Student Run Newspaper 2013-05-08 Carissa Quiambao William Zhou / Daily Nexus Award-winning actress and playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni performed her one-woman play, “One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father’s Racial Approval” at the UCSB Multicultural Center…