Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Tag: Marisa Franco
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As biracial people become increasingly common in America, bias based on PERCEIVED rather than ACTUAL identity will
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Seeking Participants for Study Examining Influences on the Racial Identity and Mental Health of Self-Identified Multiracial People Georgia State University College of Education & Human Development Counseling and Psychological Services 2018-01-24 Marisa Franco, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology Participants are wanted for a study examining influences on the racial identity and mental health of self-identified…
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With individuals of mixed African heritage increasingly identifying as Biracial, it is important to determine whether Black people continue to perceive Biracial people as members of their community. The status of Biracial individuals within the Black community has implications for the political power of the Black community and also for Biracial individuals’ racial identity development…
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Marisa Franco The Graduate School University of Maryland 2015-05-21 “My graduate degree is shaping my life and career in a number of ways. The research skills I have gained at the University of Maryland have prepared me for a career in research in academia. An International Graduate Research Fellowship, in addition, gave me the opportunity…
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Impact of Identity Invalidation for Black Multiracial People: The Importance of Race of Perpetrator Journal of Black Psychology Published online before print: 2015-09-08 DOI: 10.1177/0095798415604796 Marisa G. Franco University of Maryland Stephen A. Franco St. George’s University, St. George, Grenada, West Indies Multiracial people report repeated experiences of racial identity invalidation, in which their racial…
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Researching the Experiences of Multiracial People Having their Racial Group Membership Denied by Others University of Maryland, College Park Department of Psychology 2013-08-22 Marisa Franco, Doctoral Student Counseling Psychology Greetings! My name is Marisa Franco and I am a doctoral student in counseling psychology at the University of Maryland. I am conducting a survey examining…