Tag: Stanford University

  • People who have taken a genetic ancestry test are more likely to report multiple races when self-identifying on surveys, according to Stanford sociologists.

  • Allyson Hobbs distinctly remembers the first time she saw Stanford University. After flying out from Chicago for a final interview in January 2008, she was chatting with a faculty member as they arrived on campus. “We were talking about Ohio State foot-ball and we turned down Palm Drive,” she recalls. “All of a sudden, my…

  • Join us for an evening of conversation with Melissa Harris-Perry, Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center, Editor-at-Large, Elle.com and Author of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, in conversation with Allyson Hobbs, Associate Professor of History and Director of African and African…

  • With the mixed-race population rapidly increasing in the United States, Stanford political scientist Lauren Davenport says it’s important to figure out what factors shape this group’s political attitudes and self-identification.

  • English doctoral student Vanessa Seals studies contemporary American novels and memoirs about multiracial people’s experiences to examine the role families play in their search for identity.

  • A Culture of Identity Choice: Assertions of Mixed Race, Transgender, and Other Identities and the Implications for Politics Stanford University Black Community Services Center The Brandon Room Wednesday, 2016-05-18, 12:00 PDT (Local Time) Natalie Masuoka, Associate Professor of Political Science Tufts University While Americans have always connected with different social identities, today we find the…

  • Storytelling matters to Stanford historian Allyson Hobbs Stanford News Stanford University, Stanford, California 2016-02-19 Kate Chesley, Associate Director of University Communications Allyson Hobbs and her award-winning book, A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life ALLYSON HOBBS, assistant professor of American history, finds much of the inspiration for her research in the…

  • What Matters to Me & Why – Allyson Hobbs Stanford University Common Room Center for Inter-Religious Community Learning and Experiences (CIRCLE) at Old Union, 3rd Floor Stanford, California Wednesday, 2016-02-17, 12:00 PST (Local Time) Allyson Hobbs Sponsored by: Office for Religious Life The purpose of What Matters to Me and Why is to encourage reflection…

  • What defines our identity, our family of origin or the family that raises us? How do we come to terms with the sins and mistakes of our parents? Lacey discovers that answering those questions means understanding her parents’ own stories as well as her own. She pieces together her family history and the story of…

  • A Company of Authors: Allyson Hobbs Stanford University 2015-09-18 Stanford historian Allyson Hobbs discusses the inspiration for her award-winning book, “A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.” She spoke at the 12th Annual “A Company of Authors” event held at the Stanford Humanities Center on April 25, 2015.