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  • More Minnesotans say they’re multiracial in 2010 Census

    More Minnesotans say they’re multiracial in 2010 Census TwinCities.com: Pioneer Press 2011-04-17 Richard Chin and MaryJo Webster Maybe it’s hip to be mixed. That could be one explanation for Minnesota’s 51 percent increase over the past decade in the number of people who say they are multiracial, substantially higher than the national increase. According to…

  • Columns: Racial lines no longer just black and white

    Columns: Racial lines no longer just black and white The Minnesota Daily University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul 2011-02-21 Lolla Mohammed Nur Clear-cut racial categories restrict how multiracial Americans identify themselves. Based on her appearance, you wouldn’t easily be able to guess University of Minnesota sophomore Mary Taylor‘s racial or ethnic heritage. But if you ask…

  • Ties on the fringes of identity

    Ties on the fringes of identity Social Science Research Volume 33, Issue 4 (December 2004) Pages 702-723 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2003.10.002 Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota I use data on part-American Indian children in the 1990 Census 5% PUMS to assess my hypotheses that thick racial ties within the family constrain racial…

  • Passing and Performance in the 21st Century: Black-White Biracial Americans and Passing as Black

    Passing and Performance in the 21st Century: Black-White Biracial Americans and Passing as Black American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2010 Regular Session: Multi-Racial Classification/Identity Atlanta Marriott Marquis Monday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time) 35 pages Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer of Sociology, National University of Ireland-Maynooth  Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of…

  • When the Options Are Open: Racial Identification of Part-American Indian Children in Census 2000

    When the Options Are Open: Racial Identification of Part-American Indian Children in Census 2000  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Atlanta Hilton Hotel Atlanta, Georgia 2003-08-16 23 pages Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota I will use data on part-American Indian children in the 2000 Census 1…

  • Understanding Identity Differences among Biracial Siblings

    Understanding Identity Differences among Biracial Siblings American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2010 Regular Session: Multi-Racial Classification/Identity Atlanta Marriott Marquis Monday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time) Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer of Sociology, National University of Ireland-Maynooth  Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota Melissa R. Herman, Assistant Professor, Sociology…

  • Fluid or Fixed: Which is Better? Multiracial Identity Consistency and Emotional Well-Being in Adolescence

    Fluid or Fixed: Which is Better? Multiracial Identity Consistency and Emotional Well-Being in Adolescence American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2010 Regular Session: Multi-Racial Classification/Identity Atlanta Marriott Marquis Monday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time) Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer of Sociology National University of Ireland-Maynooth  Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University…

  • Changing Answers but Not Identities: A Qualitative Investigation of Race Responses in a Longitudinal Survey

    Changing Answers but Not Identities: A Qualitative Investigation of Race Responses in a Longitudinal Survey Population Association of America 2009 Annual Meeting Marriott Renaissance Center Detroit, Michigan 2009-04-16 19 pages Kelsey Poss University of Minnesota Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota Paper presented at the 2009 annual meetings of the Population…

  • 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…

  • A Practical Approach to Using Multiple-Race Response Data: A Bridging Method for Public-Use Microdata

    A Practical Approach to Using Multiple-Race Response Data: A Bridging Method for Public-Use Microdata September 2006 Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota Andrew Halpern-Manners Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota This project was begun while the first author was funded by “IPUMS-Redesign”…