Category: New Media

  • A conversation with Victoria E. Bynum, author of The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies University of North Carolina Press April 2010 Victoria E. Bynum, author of The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies, discusses three Unionist strongholds in the South, Q: There seems no…

  • Black History Month play explores interracial issues Orlando Sentinal 2010-02-20 Rosalind Jennings, Special To The Orlando Sentinel Leesburg, [Florida] – Dolores Sandoval’s paternal grandmother was an African slave on a plantation, and that ancestor’s father was the white plantation owner. So she was mixed racially – an “octoroon,” which is one-eighth African. “Her father owned…

  • The relationship between binge eating and weight status on depression, anxiety, and body image among a diverse college sample: A focus on Bi/Multiracial women Eating Behaviors Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2010 Pages 18-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.08.003 Valentina Ivezaj Eastern Michigan University Karen K. Saules Eastern Michigan University Flora Hoodin Eastern Michigan University Kevin Alschuler Eastern…

  • Mixed Race in the Age of Obama University of Chicago Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (CSRPC) International House, Home Room 1414 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 2010-03-05, 09:00 to 18:00 CST (Local Time) The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of  Chicago presents a daylong…

  • Framing mixed race: The face of America is changing Contra Costa Times 2010-02-07 Jennifer Modenessi Like any proud mother, Janine Mozée sees beauty when she looks at her four children. But the Benicia resident perceives more than their physical qualities and the various shades and hues of their skin, eyes and hair. For Mozée, 46,…

  • An Evening with Kip Fulbeck-artist, slam poet, filmmaker Event Type: Lecture Sacramento State University University Union Ballroom 2010-02-18, 19:00-21:00 PST (Local Time) Contact:  (916) 278-6997  An Evening With Kip Fulbeck, artist, slam poet, and filmmaker- addressing issues on identity, multiraciality, and pop culture through spoken word, stand-up comedy, political activism, and personal stories, University Union…

  • Fulbeck inspires students to be proud of their heritage The State Hornet The Voice of Sacramento State 2010-02-09 Jennifer Siopongco Kip Fulbeck will launch the Multi-Cultural Center’s mixed-heritage series at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 in the Sac[ramento] State’s University Union with his lecture titled “Race, Sex and Tattoos: The Kip Fulbeck Experience.”   Spring semester…

  • New Group Embraces Diversity Daily Nexus University of California, Santa Barbara Issue 76, Volume 90 2010-02-10 Ali Limonadi, Reporter A new student organization at UCSB hopes to create a safe space and open forum for multicultural, mixed-race and mixed-ethnicity students. The Mixed Student Union registered as an official group with the Office of Student Life…

  • Two researchers reflect on navigating multiracial identities in the research situation International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Volume 23, Issue 3 (June 2010) pages 259 – 281 DOI: 10.1080/09518390903196609 Erica Mohan University of British Columbia Terah T. Venzant Chambers, Professor of Education and Human Development Texas A&M University   Despite the increasing interest in…

  • Race: Social Fact, Biological Fiction Focus on Adoption Volume 17, Number 3 June/July 2009 pages 16-17 Andrew Martindale, Assistant Professor of Anthropology University of British Columbia Andrew Martindale, an adoptive parent, and assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, explains that the concept of race is man-made and, though…