“What are you really?”: A Qualitative Approach to Learning About Identity Formation of Mixed Race Students
Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Nicole Willms (willms@gonzaga.edu)
Session Type
Ideas Exchange (Works-in Progress)
Research Project Abstract
This paper attempt to analyze identity formation processes of mixed race college students. The data was collected through in depth interviews with self-identifying mixed race students. The line of questioning was designed to tease out details and memories from the students' childhood interactions with parents or other influential figures that helped the students culturally connect to their races.This paper is a start to important research about identity formation of mixed race people, a topic that has little published research.
Session Number
IE1
Location
Weyerhaeuser 111
Abstract Number
IE1-a
“What are you really?”: A Qualitative Approach to Learning About Identity Formation of Mixed Race Students
Weyerhaeuser 111
This paper attempt to analyze identity formation processes of mixed race college students. The data was collected through in depth interviews with self-identifying mixed race students. The line of questioning was designed to tease out details and memories from the students' childhood interactions with parents or other influential figures that helped the students culturally connect to their races.This paper is a start to important research about identity formation of mixed race people, a topic that has little published research.
