Category: United States

  • Obama sworn in at low-key White House ceremony China Daily-USA 2013-01-21 WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama took the official oath for his second term on Sunday at the White House in a small, private ceremony that set a more subdued tone compared to the historic start of his presidency four years ago. Gathered with…

  • Obama sworn in for second term France 24 2013-01-20 US President Barack Obama on Sunday was sworn in for a second four-year term at a small, private ceremony at the White House. He will take the oath again on Monday at the Capitol during a public swearing-in. A still-popular Barack Obama took the presidential oath…

  • Parenting in Multiracial Families 2013-01-20 My name is Chloe Jhangiani and I am a second year master’s social work student conducting research for my thesis at Smith College School for Social Work. I am recruiting multiracial adults with racial heritage from two or more racial groups to participate on a study about how their parents…

  • Obama sworn in for second term The New Zealand Herald 2013-01-21 Stepping into his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office in an intimate swearing-in ceremony at the White House, the leader of a nation no longer in the throes of the recession he inherited four years ago, but still deeply divided.…

  • Inauguration Day: Obama sworn in for second term BBC News 2013-01-20 Barack Obama has officially been sworn in for his second term as US president in a small ceremony at the White House. Although the US Constitution requires the oath of office to be taken by noon on 20 January, that falls on a Sunday…

  • Obama Takes Oath in Quiet Ceremony The New York Times 2013-01-20 Brian Knowlton Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — With only his family nearby, President Obama was sworn into office in the White House before noon on Sunday in advance of Monday’s public pomp, the private moment forced by a rare quirk of the…

  • Relationship between physical appearance, sense of belonging and exclusion, and racial/ethnic self-identification among multiracial Japanese European Americans Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 12, Issue 4, October 2006 pages 673-686 DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.4.673 Julie M. AhnAllen, Staff Psychologist University Counselling Services Boston College Karen L. Suyemoto, Associate Professor of Psychology and Asian American Studies University…

  • On Raising Asian-Jewish Children The Jewish Daily Forward the sisterhood: where jewish women converse 2011-05-30 Renee Ghert-Zand The recent Forward article “Raising Children on Kugel and Kimchi, and as Jews” centered on a new study that found that many families in which one parent is Jewish and the other is Asian are raising their children…

  • In Second Inaugural Address, Can President Obama Reassure a Worried Public? The Daily Beast 2013-01-19 Evan Thomas These are gloomy times for an inauguration. In Newsweek, Evan Thomas asks: On Monday, can the president rise to the occasion with a historically inspiring message? The last Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2009, dawned bright and cold. More…

  • An Examination of Biracial College Youths’ Family Ethnic Socialization, Ethnic Identity, and Adjustment: Do Self-Identification Labels and University Context Matter? Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 2012-08-20 DOI: 10.1037/a0029438 Aerika S. Brittian, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology University of Illinois, Chicago Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Professor School of Social and Family Dynamics Arizona State University Chelsea…