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  • Blood Quantum and Perceptions of Black-White Biracial Targets: The Black Ancestry Prototype Model of Affirmative Action

    Blood Quantum and Perceptions of Black-White Biracial Targets: The Black Ancestry Prototype Model of Affirmative Action Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Volume 37, Number 1 (January 2011) pages 3-14 DOI: 10.1177/0146167210389473 Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina George F. Chavez Department…

  • New research explains why we see Barack Obama as “black” rather than “white”

    New research explains why we see Barack Obama as “black” rather than “white” News of Otago University of Otago, New Zealand 2010-11-25 Why do people tend to see biracial individuals such as Barack Obama as belonging to the minority group in their parentage rather than the majority one? According to new studies led by a…

  • Counseling Today Online: Under the radar

    Counseling Today Online: Under the radar Counseling Today Online American Counseling Association 2010-11-19 Lynne Shallcross Five ACA members discuss their efforts to reach out to and connect with client populations at risk of being overlooked and underserved No ethical counselor enters the profession and anticipates skipping over or ignoring a group in need of help.…

  • Through Mixed Eyes: The Biracial Experience and The Current State of Race in America

    Through Mixed Eyes: The Biracial Experience and The Current State of Race in America Williams College 2009-05-22 163 pages Riki McDermott Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment Of the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors In Sociology President Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009.…

  • APA recognizes record number of student research projects

    APA recognizes record number of student research projects gradPSYCH Magazine Volume 8, Number 3 (September 2010) Page 7 J. Clark   The APA Science Student Council doubled its research prizes this year, awarding six $1,000 Early Graduate Student Research Awards to psychology doctoral students for their outstanding research. “By recognizing the work of these students,…

  • Ecological Framework for Understanding Multiracial Identity Development

    Ecological Framework for Understanding Multiracial Identity Development American Psychological Association 2002 1 page (chart) Maria P. P. Root A graphical representation of the factors involved in multiracial identity development. View the chart here.

  • The People of Frilot Cove: A Study of Racial Hybrids

    The People of Frilot Cove: A Study of Racial Hybrids The American Journal of Sociology Volume 57, Number 2 (September 1951) pages 145-149 J. Hardy Jones, Jr. Vernon J. Parenton Frilot Cove is a color-conscious, semi-isolated rural community of 302 persons with an ante bellum cultural background, who, though they approximate Nordic and Mediterranean types, are…

  • The Estimation of Admixture in Racial Hybrids

    The Estimation of Admixture in Racial Hybrids Annals of Human Genetics Volume 35, Issue 1 (July 1971) pages 9–17 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1956.tb01373.x Robert C. Elston, Professor & Chair, Distinguished University Professor Case Western Reserve University When a racial hybrid population has arisen from the intermarriage of two or more parental populations, a problem of interest is…

  • Theorizing Interracial Families and Hybrid Identity: And Australian Perspective

    Theorizing Interracial Families and Hybrid Identity: And Australian Perspective Educational Theory Volume 49, Issue 2 (June 1999) pages 223–249 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5446.1999.00223.x Carmen Luke, Emeritus Professor of Education University of Queensland Allan Luke, Research Professor Queensland University of Technology This essay is a theoretical exploration at how interracial families are sites for the development and articulation…

  • Race Categorization and the Regulation of Business and Science

    Race Categorization and the Regulation of Business and Science Law & Society Review Volume 44, Issue 3-4 (September/December 2010) pages 617–650 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00418.x Catherine Lee, Assistant Professor of Sociology Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research Rutgers University John D. Skrentny, Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and Professor of Sociology University of…