Mixed Race Studies

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  • “What are you?” Biracial Perceptions of Persistent Identity Questions when Bodily Appearances signify Race

    “What are you?” Biracial Perceptions of Persistent Identity Questions when Bodily Appearances signify Race Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association Sheraton New York New York, New York 2005-05-26 through 2005-05-30 23 pages Erica Butcher Ohio State University This qualitative study examines the perceptions of Biracial females persistently questioned about their…

  • Social Comparisons, Social Networks, and Racial Identity: The Case of Black-White Biracial Americans

    Social Comparisons, Social Networks, and Racial Identity: The Case of Black-White Biracial Americans Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton San Francisco San Francisco, California 2009-08-08 47 pages Nikki Khanna Sherwin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Cathryn Johnson, Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies…

  • More than a Metaphor: Blood as Boundary for Korean Biracial Identity

    More than a Metaphor: Blood as Boundary for Korean Biracial Identity NCA 95th Annual Convention Chicago Hilton & Towers Chicago, Illinois 2009-11-11 Myra Washington College of Media, Institute of Communications Research University of Illinois When Hines Ward was named MVP of Super Bowl XL, his Black and Korean biracial status became the touchstone for conversations…

  • Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults

    Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults Working Paper 2010-01-10 Andrew M. Francis, Professor of Economics Emory University Maria Tannuri-Pianto, Professor of Economics University of Brasilia Brazil is not only characterized by racial diversity but also by socioeconomic inequality. This complexity, plus the recent adoption of racial…

  • My Coloured Thoughts: Last of the Mohicans and Perceptions of Mixed Race Peoples

    My Coloured Thoughts: Last of the Mohicans and Perceptions of Mixed Race Peoples Originally presented at the 1999 Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium on “Expanding ‘Literature(s)’, Challenging Boundaries” Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1999-03-12 through 1999-03-14 Zoë Ludski Ryerson Polytechnic University But alas, to make me A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point…

  • Hybridity in the Third Space: Rethinking Bi-cultural Politics in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    Hybridity in the Third Space: Rethinking Bi-cultural Politics in Aotearoa/New Zealand Paper Presented to Te Oru Rangahau Maori Research and Development Conference 1998-07-07 through 1998-07-09 Massey University 7 pages Paul Meredith (Ngati Kaputuhi/Pakeha), Research Fellow Te Matahauariki Institute University of Waikato, New Zealand This brief paper joins a growing call for a reconceptualisation of bicultural…

  • Meeting the Needs of Multi/Biracial Children in School and at Home

    Meeting the Needs of Multi/Biracial Children in School and at Home University of Wisconsin, Stout December 2009 62 pages Brea Cunico A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Guidance and Counseling In an extension of research on marginalized populations, the present study identified and explored…

  • Think Outside of The Box: Understanding Multiracial Students

    Think Outside of The Box: Understanding Multiracial Students Wisconsin Academic Advising Association Conference Appleton, Wisconsin 2009-09-18 18 pages Handout: 4 pages Angela Kellogg, Director of Academic Advising and Career Services University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Overview Agenda Introduction and interest in topic Multiracial trivia quiz Overview of session General multiracial information Study: methods and results…

  • Women-Loving Women: Queering Black Urban Space during the Harlem Renaissance

    Women-Loving Women: Queering Black Urban Space during the Harlem Renaissance Women’s Studies 197: Senior Seminar 2010-06-07 Professor Lilith Mahmud Samantha Tenorio The experience of black “women-loving-women” during the Harlem Renaissance is directly influenced by what Kimberlé Crenshaw terms intersectional identity, or their positioning in the social hierarchies of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation that…

  • The Transformation of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Identities in Global Media

    The Transformation of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Identities in Global Media Contact Spaces of American Culture: LOCALIZING GLOBAL PHENOMENA 36th International Conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies (AAAS) Department of American Studies, University of Graz 2009-10-22 through 2009-10-25 Shelleen Greene, Assistant Professor of Digital Studio Practice and Theory University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Through…