Mixed Race Studies

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  • Multiracial Faces: How Categorization Affects Memory at the Boundaries of Race

    Multiracial Faces: How Categorization Affects Memory at the Boundaries of Race Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 69-86 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01588.x Kristin Pauker Tufts University Nalini Ambady Tufts University Monoracial and multiracial individuals are likely to have different conceptualizations of race and subsequently different approaches toward racial ambiguity.  In particular, monoracial…

  • To Disclose or Not to Disclose Biracial Identity: The Effect of Biracial Disclosure on Perceiver Evaluations and Target Responses

    To Disclose or Not to Disclose Biracial Identity: The Effect of Biracial Disclosure on Perceiver Evaluations and Target Responses Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 129-149 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01591.x Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Courtney M. Bonam Stanford University Are biracial people perceived more negatively than their…

  • Plus ça Change? Multiraciality and the Dynamics of Race Relations in the United States

    Plus ça Change? Multiraciality and the Dynamics of Race Relations in the United States Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 205-219 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01595.x Frank D. Bean, Chancellor’s Professor School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine Jennifer Lee, Associate Professor, Sociology School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine The issue…

  • Exploring Multiracial Individuals’ Comfort with Intimate Interracial Relationships

    Exploring Multiracial Individuals’ Comfort with Intimate Interracial Relationships Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (2009) pp. 87–103 Courtney M. Bonam Stanford University Margaret Shih, Assistant Professor, Organizational Psychology University of Michigan This article explores the relationship between a heightened awareness of race as a social construct and comfort in interracial relationships across varying…

  • Multiracial Identity Integration: Perceptions of Conflict and Distance among Multiracial Individuals

    Multiracial Identity Integration: Perceptions of Conflict and Distance among Multiracial Individuals Journal of Social Issues Vol. 65, No. 1, 2009 pp. 51–68 Chi-Ying Cheng, Assistant Professor of Psychology Singapore Management University Fiona Lee, Professor of Psychology University of Michigan This article examines how multiracial individuals negotiate their different and sometimes conflicting racial identities. Drawing from…

  • The Interpretation of Multiracial Status and Its Relation to Social Engagementand Psychological Well-Being

    The Interpretation of Multiracial Status and Its Relation to Social Engagementand Psychological Well-Being Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number1, (March 2009) pages 35-49 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01586.x Kevin R. Binning Stanford University Miguel M. Unzueta University of California, Los Angeles Yuen J. Huo University of California, Los Angeles Ludwin E. Molina University of Kansas This research…

  • Mixed Race Students in College: The Ecology of Race, Identity, and Community on Campus

    Mixed Race Students in College: The Ecology of Race, Identity, and Community on Campus SUNY Press July 2004 308 pages Hardback ISBN10: 0-7914-6163-7; ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6163-1 Paperback ISBN10: 0-7914-6164-5; ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6164-8 Kristen A. Renn, Associate Professor Michigan State University Portrays the diverse experiences and identities of mixed race college students. Kristen A. Renn offers a new…

  • Educational Policy, Politics, and Mixed Heritage Students in the United States

    Educational Policy, Politics, and Mixed Heritage Students in the United States Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 165-183 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01593.x Kristen A. Renn, Professor of Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education Michigan State University This article describes local, state, and federal policies related to collecting, aggregating, and reporting data on student…

  • Assimilating Blackness?: Multiple-Race Identification and African American Mate Selection

    Assimilating Blackness?: Multiple-Race Identification and African American Mate Selection Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, CA 2004-08-14 23 pages Jenifer L. Bratter, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Research Rice University I investigate the influence…

  • Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America

    Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America Mercer University Press 2006 192 pages ISBN (paperback): 9780881460742 ISBN (hardback): 9780881460131 Tim Hashaw Some oppressed groups fought with guns, some fought in court, some exercised civil disobedience; the Melungeons, however, fought by telling folktales. Whites and blacks gave the name “children of perdition” to…