{"id":41480,"date":"2015-06-17T22:41:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=41480"},"modified":"2015-06-17T22:41:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T22:41:05","slug":"prof-khanna-widely-consulted-in-dolezal-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=41480","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Khanna widely consulted in Dolezal controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/sociology\/discover_sociology\/blog\/files\/45fdf56219c5efd70a1e5e1473c0c8ac-25.html\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Khanna widely consulted in Dolezal controversy<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/sociology\/\" target=\"_blank\">UVM Department of Sociology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\" target=\"_blank\">University of Vermont<\/a><br \/>\n2015-06-17<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/sociology\/faculty\/faculty_bios\/Khanna\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Nikki Khanna<\/a>, an expert in shifting racial identities and the social construction of race, has been widely sought after by the media in the wake of the controversy about <a href=\"http:\/\/spokanenaacp.com\/rachel-dolezal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Dolezal<\/a>. Some of the media outlets where she was quoted or appeared include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>BBC Newsnight<\/em> (the main news &amp; current affairs program on the BBC). 2015. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b05yww9x\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b05yww9x<\/a>) Access only in the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li><em>The :30 on WCAX<\/em> (Burlington, Vermont). 2015. \u201cUVM Sociologist on Racial Identity.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcax.com\/story\/29336688\/uvm-sociologist-on-racial-identity\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.wcax.com\/story\/29336688\/uvm-sociologist-on-racial-identity<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Wheeling, Kate. 2015. \u201cAn Expert Weighs in on the Strange Case of Rachel Dolezal.\u201d <em>Pacific Standard Magazine<\/em>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/health-and-behavior\/expert-weighs-in-on-rachel-dolezal\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/health-and-behavior\/expert-weighs-in-on-rachel-dolezal<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Eversley, Melanie. 2015. \u201cWhites Pass for Black to Gain Empathy, Experts Say in Wake of Dolezal Case.\u201d <em>USA Today<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2015\/06\/13\/rachel-dolezal-passing-academics\/71164398\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2015\/06\/13\/rachel-dolezal-passing-academics\/71164398\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Williams, Michael P. 2015. \u201cNAACP Officer\u2019s Deception Sparks Needed Dialogue on Racial Identity.\u201d <em>Richmond Times Dispatch<\/em>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/news\/local\/michael-paul-williams\/article_8770da04-a8fd-5d86-b636-7f391d864487.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.richmond.com\/news\/local\/michael-paul-williams\/article_8770da04-a8fd-5d86-b636-7f391d864487.html<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Holland, Jesse. 2015. \u201cChoosing Your Own: Definition of Race Becoming Fluid.\u201d <em>Associated Press<\/em>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_NAACP_LEADER_RACIAL_QUESTIONS_IDENTITY\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_NAACP_LEADER_RACIAL_QUESTIONS_IDENTITY<\/a>) Reprinted in places such as: <em>ABC News.com, US News &amp; World Report, Salon, The Washington Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Richmond Times Dispatch, Washington Sun Herald, Knoxnews, New Zealand Herald, Seattle Times.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>CBC Radio 1<\/em>, The Current with Anna Maria Tremont. 2015. Panelist on \u201cRachel Dolezal: The Politics of Race Not-So-Black-And-White.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/thecurrent\/the-current-for-june-16-2015-1.3115098\/rachel-dolezal-the-politics-of-race-not-so-black-and-white-1.3115113\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/thecurrent\/the-current-for-june-16-2015-1.3115098\/rachel-dolezal-the-politics-of-race-not-so-black-and-white-1.3115113<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the entire press release <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/sociology\/discover_sociology\/blog\/files\/45fdf56219c5efd70a1e5e1473c0c8ac-25.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Khanna widely consulted in Dolezal controversy UVM Department of Sociology University of Vermont 2015-06-17 Prof. Nikki Khanna, an expert in shifting racial identities and the social construction of race, has been widely sought after by the media in the wake of the controversy about Rachel Dolezal. 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