Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference

    Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus DePaul University Student Center 2250 N. Sheffield Chicago, Illinois USA 60614 2010-11-05 through 2010-11-06 Sponsored by DePaul University Asian American Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies and co-sponsored by the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University and the MAVIN Foundation. “Emerging…

  • Difference and Belonging, Hopes and Fears: Parenting ‘mixed’ children and the implications for career development

    Difference and Belonging, Hopes and Fears: Parenting ‘mixed’ children and the implications for career development International Center for Guidence Studies (iCEGS) University of Derby Occasional Paper 2008 16 pages 3 charts; 1 table Rosalind Edwards, Professor in Social Policy and Director of the Families & Social Capital Research Group London South Bank University From the…

  • Perceptions of Multiracial Individuals: Categorization Effects on the Race Continuum

    Perceptions of Multiracial Individuals: Categorization Effects on the Race Continuum Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2011 Annual Meeting San Antonio, Texas Poster Session G100 Saturday, 2011-01-29 18:15-19:45 (Local Time), Room TBD Jacqueline M. Chen University of California, Santa Barbara David L. Hamilton, Professor of Psychology University of California, Santa Barbara We used a psychophysical…

  • A dissertation: ‘Mixed-race’ identity among young adults in Britain

    A dissertation: ‘Mixed-race’ identity among young adults in Britain University of Sussex 2010 Sophie Kingham This article addresses the various processes through which ‘mixed-race’ identity is constructed with relation to a national British identity. A multiplicity of belongings which are negotiated on an everyday basis were explored and analysed, alongside theoretical issues and problematic terminology.…

  • Passing and Performance in the 21st Century: Black-White Biracial Americans and Passing as Black

    Passing and Performance in the 21st Century: Black-White Biracial Americans and Passing as Black American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2010 Regular Session: Multi-Racial Classification/Identity Atlanta Marriott Marquis Monday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time) 35 pages Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer of Sociology, National University of Ireland-Maynooth  Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of…

  • White Parents – Black Children: How Parents Contribute to the Development of their Biracial Child’s Identity

    White Parents – Black Children: How Parents Contribute to the Development of their Biracial Child’s Identity American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton San Francisco San Francisco, California 2009-08-09 20 pages Cristina Ortiz University of Chicago When a biracial child has one black and one white parent, society tends to identify the child as “black” or…

  • Equally Multiracial? A Study of Asian/Whites and Black/Whites

    Equally Multiracial? A Study of Asian/Whites and Black/Whites American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton Atlanta and Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlanta, Georgia 2010-08-13 19 pages Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl University of Virginia In a study with 28 individuals with either Asian/White or Black/White descent I find that all the participants prefer some variation of a multiracial identity. However,…

  • Race in the Race: Mixed Race Identity and Obama’s Campaign

    Race in the Race: Mixed Race Identity and Obama’s Campaign National Communications Association 95th Annual Convention Chicago Hilton & Towers, Chicago, IL 2009-11-11 15 pages Iliana Rucker University of New Mexico During Obama’s campaign, a video was created by the Los Angeles Times consisting of interviews with individuals who identify as multiracial. Three sections within…

  • Race on Trial: Passing and the Van Houten Case in Boston

    Race on Trial: Passing and the Van Houten Case in Boston Paper presented at the annual meeting of the 94th Annual Convention Association for the Study of African American Life and History Hilton Cincinnati, Netherland Plaza Cincinnati, Ohio 2009-09-30 Zebulon V. Miletsky, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Stony Brook University, State University of New York…

  • 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…