Mixed race students in college : the ecology of race, identity, and community on campus / Kristen A. Renn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renn, Kristen A.

Series:

SUNY series, frontiers in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--United States--Attitudes.

College students.

College environment--United States.

College environment.

Multiracial people--United States.

Multiracial people.

Race awareness--United States.

Race awareness.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Educational surveys--United States.

Educational surveys.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Kristen A. Renn offers a new perspective on racial identity in the United States, that of mixed race college students making sense of the paradox of deconstructing racial categories while living on campuses sharply divided by race and ethnicity. Focusing on how peer culture shapes identity in public and private spaces, the book presents the findings of a qualitative research study involving fifty-six undergraduates from a variety of institutions. Renn uses an innovative ecology model to examine campus peer cultures and documents five patterns of multiracial identity that illustrate possibilities for integrating notions of identity construction (and deconstruction) with the highly salient nature of race in higher education. One of the most ambitious scholarly attempts to date to portray the diverse experiences and identities of mixed race college students, the book also discusses implications for higher education practice, policy, theory, and research."--Jacket

Contents:

Intro

Mixed Race Students in College

Contents

Preface

1. The Context of Mixed Race Students in American Higher Education

2. The Ecology of Multiracial Identity on Campus-An Analytic Framework and Research Design

3. Patterns of Multiracial Identity among College Students

4. I'm Black-Monoracial Identity

5. I'm Asian and Latina- Multiple Monoracial Identities

6. I'm Mixed-Multiracial Identity

7. I Don't Check Any Boxes- Extraracial Identity

8. It Depends-Situational Identity

9. From Patterns to Practice- What Mixed Race Identity Patterns Mean for Educational Practice

Appendix A. Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

Appendix B. Summary of Study Participants

Appendix C. Interview and Focus Group Protocols

Notes

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

References

Index

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SUNY series: Frontiers in Education.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8470-X

1-4237-4000-9

OCLC:

62751100