Resource Directory for 'Student Development Resources'
Mixed Heritage Center
The Mixed Heritage Center is LIVE! (ok so this post is a few weeks late, but I was busy at work)
The welcome reads as follows:
The Mixed Heritage Center (MHC) is a clearinghouse of information relevant to the lives of people who are multiracial, multiethnic, transracially adopted or otherwise affected by the intersection of [...]
Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA)
“An international association organizations dedicated to advocacy, education and collaboration on behalf the multiethnic, multiracial and transracial adoption community.”
AMEA is a wonderful national organization that works to educate people about the issues that affect the mixed heritage/ethnicity population. They are well know for their activism in the areas of mixed heritage eductional issues, health [...]
Patterns of Situational Identity among Biracial and Multiracial College Students
No review available yet.
Mixed Race Studies: A Reader
No review available yet.
American Mixed Race: The Culture of Microdiversity
No review available yet.
Maria P.P. Root - Publications and Resources
This is Dr Root’s site that has listings of all of her research. Of most interest to this subject is her great wealth of research on mixed race issues. The link below is that of her list of resources and articles published. http://www.drmariaroot.com/publications.php#references
Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America
I read this book after turning in my final project for my masters degree (the project that brought about this website) and was so sad that I had not been able to include it.
I liked this book for several reasons. The first reason, was that Elliot’s style for this book was a combination of [...]
Mixed: My Life in Black and White
This is a good book. Angela Nissel chronicles what it was like for her growing up as a mixed race girl. She talks about many issues that are experienced by mixed heritage people with a sense of humor that pulls the reader in. Mixed race people will surely see themselves in many [...]
One box isn’t enough.
One box isn’t enough: An analysis of how US Colleges and Universities classify Mixed Heritage Students. Alfred Padilla with Matt Kelley. November 2005; Mavin Foundation.
One Box Isn’t Enough
Understanding the Identities of Mixed-Race College Students
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3752/is_200305/ai_n9287701
Ecological Framework for Understanding Multiracial Identity Development
This is a document that is great for those looking at student development from an environmental forces perspective. This is a great document for academics and those in the counseling field who are wanting to learn more, from a big system perspective, about where in a students world information about being mixed heritage (good or [...]
Half and Half: Writers on Growing up Biracial + Bicultural
This book is a very good resource for those wanting to learn more about what it’s like to grow up mixed race. At the same time, this book is also very good for people, probably in the late college + age range, who are struggling to learn more about or come to [...]
Multiracial Child Resource Book
This is the best book I have found for anyone wanting to find out about multiracial identity formation through the childhood years as well as resources for supporting the healthy development of children of mixed heritage. In addition to the topic of multiracial individuals transnational adoption issues are also covered. This [...]
Diversity in College Settings: Directives for Helping Professionals
I have some mixed feelings about this article. In one respect it is wonderful that the biracial student has been included in this book. On the other hand, the one case study they decided to put in might leave someone who has had little contact with mixed race students with a [...]
What are you? Voices of Mixed Race Young People
Simply put this book is wonderful book. This book is a collection of interviews with mixed race people around the ages of about 16-24. Gaskins gives us an introduction to the book, and talks about why she has written this book, some of the history of mixed race issues in America, [...]