Month: April 2010

  • Why are mixed-race people perceived as more attractive? Perception Volume 39, Issue 1 (2010) pages 136-138 ISSN: 0301-0066 (print), 1468-4233 (electronic) Michael B. Lewis, Senior Lecturer of Psychology Cardiff University Previous, small scale, studies have suggested that people of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people. Here, it is suggested that…

  • Personality Characteristic Adaptations: Multiracial Adolescents’ Patterns of Racial Self-Identification Change Journal of Research on Adolescence Volume 20, Issue 2 (June 2010) Pages 432 – 455 Published Online: 2010-03-08 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00638.x Rodney L. Terry Statistical Research Division, U.S. Census Bureau Cynthia E. Winston, Associate Professor of Psychology Howard University, Washington, DC For multiracial adolescents, forming a sense of…

  • Intercultural Marriage and Family: Beyond the Racial Divide The Family Journal Volume 9, Number 1 (2001) pages 39-42 DOI: 10.1177/1066480701091008 John McFadden, The Benjamin Elijah Mays Distinguished Professor Emeritus University of South Carolina Intercultural marriages have emerged as a central theme in discussion, not only among helping professionals but also the general public. Issues surrounding…

  • Anomaly: A documentary fim about multiracial identity Langston Hughes African American Film Festival Sunday, 2010-04-18 13:30 PDT (Local Time) Central Cinema, 1411 21st Avenue (at Union), Seattle, WA 98122 (206) 686-6684 Jessica Chen Drammeh, Director/Producer Sharon Smith, Co-Producer Anomaly is a groundbreaking documentary film that takes an insider’s look at the experiences of multiracial Americans.…

  • The New Ingredient in the Identity of Black Biracial Children The Chicago Tribune Op-Ed December 1996 Larry E. Davis, Dean and Donald M. Henderson Professor of Social Work and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems University of Pittsburgh [Republished in the Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis post of…

  • Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis The Social Work Podcast 2008-03-24 Jonathan B. Singer, Assistant Professor of Social Work Temple Univerisity Interview with Larry E. Davis, Dean and Donald M. Henderson Professor of Social Work and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems University of Pittsburgh   [Episode 36]…

  • The Aftermath of “You’re Only Half”: Multiracial Identities in the Literacy Classroom Language Arts Volume 83 Number 2 (November 2005) pages 96-106 Elizabeth Dutro, Assistant professor of Literacy University of Colorado Elham Kazemi, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education University of Washington Ruth Balf, Fourth/Fifth-Grade Teacher Seattle Public Schools Children grapple with the complexities of race…

  • Faces of the Future: An Exploration of Biracial Identity Development and Racial Identification in Biracial Young Adults Smith College School for Social Work Northampton, Massachusetts 2009 119 Pages Dana L. Benton A project based upon an independent investigation, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work. This research…

  • Strategies Multiracial College Women Use to Navigate Monoracial Systems Education and Human Sciences, College of (CEHS) Open Access Theses and Dissertations from the College of Education and Human Sciences University of Nebraska, Lincoln May 2009 248 pages Minisa Michiko Chapman-Huls University of Nebraska – Lincoln A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College…

  • Opting for White: choice, fluidity and racial identity construction in post civil-rights America Race & Society Volume 5, Issue 1 (2002) Symposium on The Latin Americanization of Race Relations in the United States edited by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Pages 49–64 Kerry Ann Rockquemore, Associate Professor of Sociology Univerisity of Illinois, Chicago Patricia Arend, Lecturer in Sociology Babson…