Mixed Race Studies

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  • 305. The Social Construction of Race in the U.S.

    305. The Social Construction of Race in the U.S. Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York Diane Harriford, Professor of Sociology This course examines the social construction of race in the United States from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. The focus is on the changing racial meanings and identities of specific socio-historical groups…

  • AAS 550: Asian Americans of Mixed Heritages

    AAS 550: Asian Americans of Mixed Heritages San Francisco State University Spring 2012 Wei Ming Dariotis, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies This is an interactive, dynamic course taught in a seminar style with an expectation of active student participation. Group work and interaction are emphasized in order to provide students with real life problem…

  • Mixed Race Across the Pacific

    Mixed Race Across the Pacific University of Southern California Freshman Seminars Spring 2013 Duncan Williams, Associate Professor of Religion In an era when a mixed-race President of the United States proudly proclaims himself as the first Pacific President of America, how might we rethink the study of race in a global, rather than merely a…

  • History 101.020: Betwixt and Between in the United States: Boundaries and the People who Defy Them

    History 101.020: Betwixt and Between in the United States: Boundaries and the People who Defy Them University of California, Berkeley Spring 2013 MacKenzie Moore, Visiting Lecturer This 101 seminar is geared toward any student who wants to study the boundaries among and between people, nations, or states, broadly defined. It is also perfect for those…

  • 346-Comparative Ethnic Literatures (Reg. No. 22253)

    346-Comparative Ethnic Literatures (Reg. No. 22253) University of Buffalo, The State University of New York Spring 2013 Susan Muchshima Moynihan, Assistant Professor of English This course brings together Asian American and African American texts to destabilize our understandings of race; to situate racial formations in political and historical moments marked by the intersections of race,…

  • Barack Obama and the Contest for Identity through Self-Representation: HIST-UA 413

    Barack Obama and the Contest for Identity through Self-Representation: HIST-UA 413 New York University Spring 2013 Jeffrey Sammons, Professor of History This course will explore the life and career path of the nation’s first “black” president through a focus on his two autobiographies, which will be studied for their content, style, and grounding in the…

  • AAS 490: Special Topics in Black World Studies: Section 008: Race and “Black Indians”

    AAS 490: Special Topics in Black World Studies: Section 008: Race and “Black Indians” University of Michigan Winter 2013 Theme Semester Courses Tiya Miles, Professor of American Culture, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Native American Studies This seven week mini course is a special winter 2013 offering for the LSA Theme Semester on Race. The…

  • SOCI 329-Multiracial America

    SOCI 329-Multiracial America Rice University 2013-2014 Multiracial America examines the phenomenon of race mixing (e.g. interracial interaction, multiracial identity) from a sociological perspective. The course covers the legal, political, and cultural contexts of interracial interaction and how these impact current understanding of what it means to be “mixed race.” Recommended Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101.

  • RRS 625: Mixed Race Studies: A Comparative Focus

    RRS 625: Mixed Race Studies: A Comparative Focus San Francisco State University Spring 2013 Introduction to the field of mixed race studies from a comparative and ethnic studies perspective. Exploration of various multiracial issues for ethnic studies from the viewpoint of scholars and cultural expressionists who are themselves of mixed-racial heritage. [Formerly ETHS 625]

  • Philosophy of Race (3050)

    Philosophy of Race (3050) Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina Fall 2013 Kim Hall, Professor of Philosophy What is race?  What is the relationship between the category of race and racism?  What is the relationship between race and personal identity?  How do multiracial identities raise questions about the meaning of race and its relationship to…