Lunchtime Seminar: What Are You Anyway?: Getting at Racial and Ethnic Identity in Adolescents of Mixed Ancestry 

March 1, 2007 

Wellesley, MA- Allison Tracy, methodologist and research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, will deliver the Spring 2007 Grace K. Baruch Memorial Lecture, "What Are You Anyway?: Getting at Racial and Ethnic Identity in Adolescents of Mixed Ancestry."

In this lecture, Tracy will present preliminary results of a conceptually grounded measurement model of the strength of an adolescent’s tendency toward claiming a mixed-ancestry identity. Even among individuals with the same racial/ethnic lineage, the likelihood of claiming a mixed racial/ethnic ancestry will vary across social contexts, across individuals with different characteristics, and even within individuals over time. This study represents a novel approach to the study of race and ethnicity, one that captures the variability and complexity of contemporary theories of racial/ethnic identity and its manifestation in a multi-cultural society.

Lunchtime Seminar Series programs are free and open to the public. Held Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:30 in the Cheever House Library, the seminars highlight the work of Wellesley Centers for Women researchers and program staff. For more information, call 781.283.2500 or visit www.wcwonline.org. 

For more than 30 years, the Wellesley Centers for Women has been a driving force—both behind the scenes and in the spotlight—promoting positive change for women and men, girls and boys. WCW brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in research, training, analysis, and action. Our groundbreaking work is dedicated to looking at the world through the eyes of women with the goal of shaping a better world for all.

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