Category: United States

  • Clusters of racial identity among Black/White biracial college students: A mixed method investigation University of Michigan August 2006 197 pages Publication ID: AAT 3208292 Yvette C. Clinton A dissertation submitted in partial fulfullment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology) in the University of Michigan Historically, in the United States Black/White…

  • Grey girls: Biracial identity development and psychological adjustment among women The Wright Institute September 2008 141 pages Publication Number: AAT 3306485  Andrea Catherine Green A dissertation submitted to the Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Psychology The purpose of this study was to…

  • Univ. changes categories for reporting race, ethnicity Diamondback Online The University of Maryland’s Independent Daily Student Newspaper 2010-10-11 Leyla Korkut Latest data expected to reflect true demographic makeup, but may reduce minority funding The university will release new demographic data this week that administrators said will more accurately convey the diversity of this university. But…

  • Builders of a Racial Bridge: Biracial College Students The Journal of Pedagogy Pluralism & Practice Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue 11 (Fall 2006) Atina Andrea White This study addresses issues surrounding Black/White biracial students in a multiracial student run organization at a diverse liberal arts college in Massachusetts.   The impact of the United States race…

  • The New Multiracial Student: Where Do We Start? The Vermont Connection Volume 31 (2010) pages 128-135 Jackie Hyman University of Vermont Jackie Hyman earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2008, and is anticipating her graduation from HESA in 2010. Having gone through periods of doubt and confusion throughout…

  • “What is black, white and yellow all over?”: An analysis of the racial experiences of people of Asian/white and Asian/black heritage University of Southern California May 2007 208 pages Bruce Calvin Hoskins Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Southern California In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the…

  •  Mixed Dreams: A Symposium on Multiracial Identities in the United States 2010-10-15 through 2010-10-20 Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio At its root, Mixed Dreams: A Symposium on Multiracial Identities in the U.S. aims to create a space to discuss and interrogate historical and contemporary perspectives on multiraciality and the “multiracial experiences” of people identifying as bi-racial,…

  • UCLA needs more than just one multiethnic club Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2010-10-11 Salim Zymet Only one student group promoting multiracialism is not enough for a campus as diverse as ours Where are you from? Answering that question can be difficult for some multiracial students. Perhaps you’re inclined to believe that despite…

  • New multiracial category has effects nationally, few at Smith The Smith College Sophian Northampton, Massachusetts 2010-09-30 Gina Charusombat While Smith students speculate about the lack of diversity across disciplines of study, colleges and universities across the U.S. continue to track diversity on their campuses. On Sept. 19, the Chronicle of Higher Education revealed that the…

  • The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America (Lecture by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva) Fall 2010 Honors Colloquium: RACE University of Rhode Island Edwards Auditorium, URI Kingston Campus Tuesday, 2010-10-12, 19:00 ET (Local Time); (23:00Z) Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology Duke University A series of public programs at the University of…