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  • Beyond the One-Drop Rule: Views of Obama’s Race and Voting Intention in 2008

      Beyond the One-Drop Rule: Views of Obama’s Race and Voting Intention in 2008 Sociological Science Volume 1, March 2014 (2014-04-17) pages 70-80 DOI: 10.15195/v1.a6 Simon Cheng, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut David Weakliem, Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut We use data from a national survey of likely voters conducted before the 2008…

  • School Racial Composition and Biracial Adolescents’ School Attachment

    School Racial Composition and Biracial Adolescents’ School Attachment Sociological Quarterly Volume 51, Issue 1 (Winter 2010) Published Online: 2010-01-15 Pages 150 – 178 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01166.x Simon Cheng, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut Joshua Klugman, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Psychology Temple University Despite extensive research on multiracial youth in recent years, to date, no…

  • Under and Beyond Constraints: Resource Allocation to Young Children from Biracial Families

    Under and Beyond Constraints: Resource Allocation to Young Children from Biracial Families American Journal of Sociology Volume 112, Number 4 (January 2007) pages 1044–1094 ISSN: 0002-9602/2007/11204-0003 DOI: 10.1086/508793 Simon Cheng, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut Brian Powell, Rudy Professor of Sociology Indiana University Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class…

  • Multiracial Self-Identification and Adolescent Outcomes: A Social Psychological Approach to the Marginal Man Theory

    Multiracial Self-Identification and Adolescent Outcomes: A Social Psychological Approach to the Marginal Man Theory Social Forces Volume 88, Number 1 (September 2009) ISSN: 1534-7605 Print ISSN: 0037-7732 DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0243 Simon Cheng, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut Kathryn J. Lively, Associate Professor, Sociology Dartmouth College Recent public health research has consistently reported that self-identified multiracial adolescents…

  • Gaining Interactional Leverage: School Racial Compositions and Multiracial Youths

    Gaining Interactional Leverage: School Racial Compositions and Multiracial Youths Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, California 2004-08-14 44 pages Simon Cheng,  Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut One of the most important changes in the contemporary American population is the…