Mixed Race Studies

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Day: May 15, 2010

  • Shifting Demographics: Preparing for a New Race and Ethnicity Classification Scheme in NAEP

    Shifting Demographics: Preparing for a New Race and Ethnicity Classification Scheme in NAEP Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting Program 2010-04-17 3 pages 1 chart, 1 table Salvador Rivas American Institutes for Research On September 24, 2007, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) issued final guidance for collecting and reporting race/ethnicity information to all…

  • Measuring Race (and Ethnicity): An Overview of Past Practices, Current Concerns and Thoughts for the Future [Draft]

    Measuring Race (and Ethnicity): An Overview of Past Practices, Current Concerns and Thoughts for the Future [Draft] Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting Program 2010-04-17 25 pages C. Matthew Snipp, Professor of Sociology Stanford University On the eve of the 2010 census, Census Bureau staff are already beginning to think about how race should…

  • Geographies of racially mixed people and households: A focus on American Indians

    Geographies of racially mixed people and households: A focus on American Indians Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting Program 2010-04-17 23 pages Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota Meghan Zacher Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota March 2010 Multiracial individuals and…

  • Bio-Ancestry and Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity

    Bio-Ancestry and Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting Program 2010-04-17 Guang Guo, Odum Distinguished Term Professor of Sociology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Yilan Fu University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Kathleen Mullan Harris, James Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Two sharply…

  • Beyond the Looking Glass: Exploring Variation between Racial Self-Identification and Interviewer Classification

    Beyond the Looking Glass: Exploring Variation between Racial Self-Identification and Interviewer Classification Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting Program 2010-04-17 10 pages Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Andrew Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Recent research has demonstrated the existence of fluidity in both racial self-identification and interviewer classification.…