Category: United States

  • 2007 URO Spotlight: Noel Voltz – History and African American Studies Undergraduate Research Office The Ohio State University Noel Voltz is finishing her degree in African American and African Studies. She is currently writing her Honors Thesis and plans on continuing her research and pursuing a PhD in History. …What specifically have you researched, and…

  • Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future (Revised and Updated) W. W. Norton & Company June 2010 288 pages 5.5 × 8.25 in Paperback ISBN 978-0-393-33685-6 by Angela Glover Blackwell Stewart Kwoh Manuel Pastor, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity University of California, Santa Cruz With a mixed-race president, a Latino population that is now…

  • In 1805, a New Orleans newspaper advertisement formally defined a new social institution, the infamous Quadroon Ball, in which prostitution and plaçage–a system of concubinage–converged. These elegant balls, limited to upper-class white men and free “quadroon” women, became interracial rendezvous that provided evening entertainment and the possibility of forming sexual liaisons in exchange for financial…

  • Mixed Chicks Chat (Second) Interview with Steve Riley, Creator of Mixed Race Studies Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox and Heidi W. Durrow Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #159 – Steven F. Riley…

  • Ethical Considerations in Social Work Research with Multiracial Individuals Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics Volume 7, Number 1 (2010) 10 pages Kelly F. Jackson, MSW, PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Work Arizona State University Growing diversity in the U.S. has prioritized social work’s ethical obligation to develop specialized knowledge and understanding of culture…

  • Ethics of Racial Identity Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 108th Annual Conference 2010-11-13 through 2010-11-14 Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii Presiding Officer: Adebe DeRango-Adem, York University Barack Obama benefited from the spirit of tolerance that defined Hawaii’s racial climate. This special session envisions a mixed-race literature in the age of Obama that forwards not solely…

  • 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…

  • Racial Identity and Self-Esteem: Problems Peculiar to Biracial Children Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry Volume 24, Issue 2, (March 1985) Pages 150-153 DOI: 10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60440-4 Michael R. Lyles, M.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry University of Kentucky College of Medicine Antronette Yancey, M.D. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Candis Grace, M.D. University of…

  • American demands, African treasures, Mixed possibilities The African Diaspora Archaeology Network University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign December 2006 Newsletter ISSN: 1933-8651 16 pages Daniel R. McNeil, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies Newcastle University, United Kingdom In the 1990s, many Americans sought to cast themselves as heroic defenders of the liberal arts by condemning Afrocentricity. This…

  • ‘Celtic Samurai’ Tells Story of Hapa Family Life Hokubei.com – North America’s Japanese Newsource 2010-06-18 “Celtic Samurai,” a storytelling program by Dr. Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu on the family life of a Japanese mother and American-born Irish father, will be presented by the Japanese American National Library and the Nichi Bei Weekly on Saturday, June 19, [2010]…