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  • How Public Policy Impacts Racial Inequality

    “How Public Policy Impacts Racial Inequality,” edited by Josh Grimm and Jaime Loke, brings together scholars of political science, sociology, and mass communication to provide an in-depth analysis of race in the United States through the lens of public policy.

  • Race Policy and Multiracial Americans

    “Race Policy and Multiracial Americans” is the first book to look at the impact of multiracial people on race policies—where they lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in the U.S. and how they can be used to promote racial justice for multiracial Americans.

  • Race and a Political Race

    Race and a Political Race Everyday Sociology Blog 2012-09-28 Jonathan R. Wynn, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dwanna L. Robertson University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Massachusetts Senate race between incumbent Scott Brown and Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren took an unexpected sharp turn this week. Shades of racialized language (reminiscent of the…

  • “What About the Children?” The Psychological and Social Well-Being of Multiracial Adolescents

    “What About the Children?” The Psychological and Social Well-Being of Multiracial Adolescents The Sociological Quarterly Volume 47, Issue 1 (February 2006) pages 147–173 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2006.00041.x Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck University of Wisconsin–Madison We used the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to examine the social…

  • I wouldn’t, But You Can: Attitudes toward Interracial Relationships

    I wouldn’t, But You Can: Attitudes toward Interracial Relationships Social Science Research Published online: 2011-11-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.11.007 Melissa R. Herman, Visiting Researcher of the Research Unit Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung also Assistant Professor, Sociology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa Using the 2008 Cooperative Congressional Election…

  • More Iowans identifying as mixed race

    More Iowans identifying as mixed race The Daily Iowan The Independent Daily Newspaper for the University of Iowa Since 1868 2011-04-19 Alison Sullivan Photo: Christy Aumer/The Daily IowanSophomore Tevin Robbins poses in the window of the second floor at the Afro-American Cultural Center on April 5. Robbins is currently majoring in psychology but has switched…

  • Thinking outside the (black) box: Measuring black and multiracial identification on surveys

    Thinking outside the (black) box: Measuring black and multiracial identification on surveys Social Science Research Volume 36, Issue 3, September 2007 Pages 921-944 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.07.001  Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa To better understand the diversity of the multiracial population, compare multiracial data to single-race data, and evaluate the rigidity of…

  • Politics and policies: attitudes toward multiracial Americans

    Politics and policies: attitudes toward multiracial Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies First Published on: 2010-04-15 Volume 33, Issue 9 (October 2010) pages 1511-1536 DOI: 10.1080/01419871003671929 Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa Melissa R. Herman, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dartmouth College The growing prominence of the multiracial population in the United States…

  • Multiracial Groups and Educational Inequality: A Rainbow or a Divide?

    Multiracial Groups and Educational Inequality: A Rainbow or a Divide? Social Problems Volume 56, Number 3 (August 2009) Pages 425–446 DOI 10.1525/sp.2009.56.3.425 Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa How do multiracial groups “fit” into the system of racial oppression and privilege in the United States? Are the outcomes of multiracial individuals…