Mixed Race Studies

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  • Homelands and Indigenous Identities in a Multiracial Era

    Homelands and Indigenous Identities in a Multiracial Era Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts 2008-07-31 27 pages Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota Although multiple-race responses are now allowed on federal forms like the…

  • What about the Children?: Black/White Children, Family Approval of Interracial Relationships, and Contemporary Racial Ideology

    What about the Children?: Black/White Children, Family Approval of Interracial Relationships, and Contemporary Racial Ideology Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 16 pages Rachel Sullivan, Associate Professor of Sociology Montgomery College, Germantown, Maryland “Concerns” about the welfare of Black/White biracial children are…

  • Examining Health Disparities Through the Lens of Mixed Race

    Examining Health Disparities Through the Lens of Mixed Race Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 Cathy J. Tashiro, Associate Professor Nursing Program University of Washington, Tacoma   Debates are occurring about the relative contribution of genetic vs. social factors to racial health…

  • 5 Shades of Pink: A Coerced Identity

    5 Shades of Pink: A Coerced Identity In cooperation with The Graduate Association of Rhetoric and Performance Studies. A Graduate Thesis Performance Exploring Biracial Identity in the 19th Century. Monroe Lecture Center Theater California Avenue, South Campus Hofstra University 2009-03-19 19:30 (Local Time) by Melissa J. Edwards Hofstra University This performance explores the influences of…

  • Performing Bi- and Multi-Racial Identity

    Performing Bi- and Multi-Racial Identity Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 94th Annual Convention, TBA San Diego, California 2008-11-20 13 pages Melissa J. Edwards Hofstra University Bi or Multi Racial identity is not clearly defined within American racial terms. This performative criticism of Kristen A. Renn’s study of college age students who…

  • Gaining Interactional Leverage: School Racial Compositions and Multiracial Youths

    Gaining Interactional Leverage: School Racial Compositions and Multiracial Youths Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, California 2004-08-14 44 pages Simon Cheng,  Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut One of the most important changes in the contemporary American population is the…

  • Parental Communication and Its Influence on Biracial Identity

    Parental Communication and Its Influence on Biracial Identity Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, TBA Chicago, IL 2007-11-15 27 pages   Carolyn Brooks The Biracial identity development process has long been overlooked in society and in research. Few models exist and those models in existence are mostly descriptive. This…

  • Biracial Identity Development in Black/White Biracial Individuals

    Biracial Identity Development in Black/White Biracial Individuals Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Montreal Convention Center Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2006-08-11 21 pages Monique Porow An increase in the population of biracial individuals in the U.S. has caused the proliferation of theories of biracial identity development and maintenance. Presently theories on…

  • Narrating the Racial Self: Symbolic Boundaries and the Reference Group Identification Among Biracial Black Jews

    Narrating the Racial Self: Symbolic Boundaries and the Reference Group Identification Among Biracial Black Jews Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 45 pages Bruce Haynes, Associate Professor Sociology Depertment University of California at Davis Few studies of bi-racial or multiracial identity have…

  • Status Maximization or Identity Theory?: A Theorectical Approach to Understanding the Racial Identification of Multiracial Adolescents

    Status Maximization or Identity Theory?: A Theorectical Approach to Understanding the Racial Identification of Multiracial Adolescents Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 Matthew Oware, Associate Professor of Sociology DePauw University Previous research has found that there are multiple factors that influence the…