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  • Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study

    Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study Macmillan Ninth Edition 2014 732 pages Paper Text ISBN-10: 1-4292-4217-5; ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-4217-2 Paula S. Rothenberg, Senior Fellow; The Murphy Institute, City University of New York Professor Emerita; William Patterson University of New Jersey Like no other text, this best-selling anthology effectively introduces students to…

  • From Multiracial to Transgender? Assessing Attitudes toward Expanding Gender Options on the US Census

    From Multiracial to Transgender? Assessing Attitudes toward Expanding Gender Options on the US Census Transgender Studies Quarterly Volume 2, Number 1, February 2015 pages 77-100 DOI: 10.1215/23289252-2848895 Kristen Schilt, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Jenifer Bratter, Associate Professor of Sociology Rice University, Houston, Texas In 2000, the US Census Bureau acknowledged…

  • Obama has vastly changed the face of the federal bureaucracy

    Obama has vastly changed the face of the federal bureaucracy The Washington Post 2015-09-20 Juliet Eilperin, White House Bureau Chief Friday afternoon announcements in Washington are usually aimed at attracting as little attention as possible, but last Friday was different. President Obama’s decision to nominate Eric Fanning — an openly gay man — to head…

  • How To Resist White Supremacy In Your Love Life: A 5-Step Guide

    How To Resist White Supremacy In Your Love Life: A 5-Step Guide Black Girl Dangerous 2015-09-25 Cathy Chen, Co-Founder and Outreach Director Fab Lab El Paso, El Paso, Texas “We’re never gonna get anywhere as long as our economies of attraction continue to resemble more or less the economies of attraction of white supremacy.” –Junot…

  • Locating queer-mixed experiences: Narratives of geography and migration

    Locating queer-mixed experiences: Narratives of geography and migration Qualitative Social Work Volume 14, Number 5 (September 2015) pages 651-669 DOI: 10.1177/1473325014561250 Kimberly D. Hudson School of Social Work University of Washington Gita R. Mehrotra, Assistant Professor of Social Work Portland State University, Portland, Oregon Social work scholarship concerned with mixed-race and queer identities is growing…

  • The problems with Rachel Dolezal and the social construction of race

    The problems with Rachel Dolezal and the social construction of race Nerding Out with Dorian Warren MSNBC 2015-06-17 Dorian Warren, Host and Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Columbia University, New York, New York Christina Greer, Assistant Professor of Political Science Fordham University, The Jesuit University of New York Allyson Hobbs,…

  • The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea by Robert Wald Sussman (review)

    The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea by Robert Wald Sussman (review) Journal of Interdisciplinary History Volume 46, Number 1, Summer 2015 pages 109-111 Ruth Clifford Engs, Professor Emeritus of Applied Health Science Indiana University, Bloomington Sussman, Robert Wald, The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea (Cambridge:…

  • Jennifer Lisa Vest to explore ‘post-racial present’ at Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium

    Jennifer Lisa Vest to explore ‘post-racial present’ at Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium Report: Faculty/Staff Newsletter Illinois State University 2015-04-02 Rachel Hatch, Editor Performing artist and scholar Jennifer Lisa Vest will be the keynote speaker for the 20th annual Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) Symposium. Vest will present Black Lives Matter: [Trans]Gender Violence, Disability, and…

  • Gordon Fox Pleads Guilty in Rhode Island Corruption Case

    Gordon Fox Pleads Guilty in Rhode Island Corruption Case The New York Times 2015-03-03 Richard Pérez-Peña The climb took decades, but the fall was swift. Less than a year removed from his reign as speaker of the Rhode Island House, Gordon D. Fox pleaded guilty on Tuesday to taking bribes, wire fraud and filing a…

  • Census Bureau’s Plan to Cut Marriage and Divorce Questions Has Academics Up in Arms

    Census Bureau’s Plan to Cut Marriage and Divorce Questions Has Academics Up in Arms The New York Times 2014-12-31 Justin Wolfers, Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C. also: Professor of Economics and Public Policy University of Michigan If the Census Bureau proceeds with a recently released plan, then in a few years’ time,…