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  • Studying “Mixed Race”: Reflections on Methodological Practice

    Studying “Mixed Race”: Reflections on Methodological Practice International Journal of Qualitative Methods Volume 13, Issue: 1 (2014) pages 347-361 DOI: 10.1177/160940691401300117 Jillian Paragg Department of Sociology University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada In this article, I reflexively consider how three experiences from conducting an interview project with Canadian young adults of mixed race can lead to…

  • “What are you?”: Mixed race responses to the racial gaze

    “What are you?”: Mixed race responses to the racial gaze Ethnicities Published online before print 2015-12-16 DOI: 10.1177/1468796815621938 Jillian Paragg Department of Sociology University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Mixed race scholarship considers the deployment of the term “mixed race” as an identification and theorizes that the operation of the external racial gaze is signaled through…

  • “Canadian-First”: Mixed Race Self-Identification and Canadian Belonging

    “Canadian-First”: Mixed Race Self-Identification and Canadian Belonging Canadian Ethnic Studies Volume 47, Number 2, 2015 pages 21-44 DOI: 10.1353/ces.2015.0017 Jillian Paragg Department of Sociology University of Alberta Not being read or identified by others as “Canadian” was a common thread in semi-structured in-depth interviews I conducted with 19 young adults of mixed race in a…

  • Research Project on “Mixed Race” Identity: Call for Edmonton, Canada Area Participants

    Research Project on “Mixed Race” Identity: Call for Edmonton, Canada Area Participants University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada 2014-01-31 Jillian Paragg, Ph.D. Student Department of Sociology Are you of mixed racial background? Do you/have you identified as “mixed race”, “multiracial”, or with other “mixed” self-identifications (i.e. biracial, mulatto, eurasian, happa, creole etc.)? Do other people identify…

  • Research Project on “Mixed Race” Identity: Call for Participants

    Research Project on “Mixed Race” Identity: Call for Participants University of Alberta 2013-08-23 Jillian Paragg, Ph.D. Student Department of Sociology Are you of mixed racial background? Do you/have you identified as “mixed race”, “multiracial”, or with other “mixed” self-identifications (i.e. biracial, mulatto, eurasian, happa, creole etc.)? Do other people identify you as “mixed”? I am…

  • Research Project on Mixed Race Identity

    Research Project on Mixed Race Identity Are you of a mixed racial background? Do you identify as ‘mixed’ or ‘mixed race’? Do you identify with a mixed racial identity? This project is being conducted for a Master’s thesis in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. The purpose of the project is to…