Mixed race students in college : the ecology of race, identity, and community on campus

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781423740001
ISBN: 9780791484708
ISBN: 9780791461648
ISBN: 9780791461631
ISBN: 1423740009
ISBN: 079148470X
ISBN: 0791461645
ISBN: 0791461637
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages)
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Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, �2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:august.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 context of mixed race students in American higher education -- Ch. 2 ecology of multiracial identity on campus -- an analytic framework and research design -- Ch. 3 Patterns of multiracial identity among college students -- Ch. 4 I'm Black -- monoracial identity -- Ch. 5 I'm Asian and Latina -- multiple monoracial identities -- Ch. 6 I'm mixed -- multiracial identity -- Ch. 7 I don't check any boxes -- extraracial identity -- Ch. 8 It depends -- situational identity -- Ch. 9 From patterns to practice -- what mixed race identity patterns mean for educational practice -- App. A Revisions to the standards for the classification of federal data on race and ethnicity -- App. B Summary of study participants.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.