Colloquium on Adolescent Mixed-Ancestry Identity
Leading scholars in the field gather at WCW to discuss growing demographic
 When a group of researchers at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) launched a pilot study of adolescent mixed-ancestry identity in 2006, their goal was to learn more about the youths' self-identification, as well as to develop better ways to gather data about race and ethnicity. With funding from the National Institutes on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the team, led by Sumru Erkut, Ph.D., surveyed students in three schools in the U.S. Northeast. Initial findings were shared with a group of leading scholars in the field who gathered at WCW July 25 and 26. The colloquium focused on the issues of adolescent mixed-ancestry / mixed-race identification and the refinement and application of tools used to collect demographic information. A summary of the program will be included in the next Research & Action Report which will be published in the fall.
 Participants at the colloquium were: (front row, left to right) Richard Lee, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota; Kerry Ann Rockquemore, Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Tiffany Yip, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fordham University; Ophera Davis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College; Mary Campbell, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Iowa; Sumru Erkut, Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at WCW; Jennifer Grossman, NICHD Postdoctoral Research Fellow at WCW; May Chen, Wellesley College student; (middle row, left to right) Ineke Ceder, Research Administrator at WCW; Jonathan Okamura, Associate Professor at the Department of Ethnic Studies of the University of Hawaii; Michael Omi, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley; Jean Phinney, Professor of Psychology at California State University, LA (retired); Matthew Snipp, Professor of Sociology at Stanford University; Linda Charmaraman, NICHD Postdoctoral Research Fellow at WCW; (back row, left to right) Bill Cross, Professor of Counseling Education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jenifer Bratter, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rice University; Peony Fhagen-Smith, Assistant Professor of Psychology and African, African American, Diaspora Studies at Wheaton College; Allison Tracy, Senior Research Scientist and Methodologist at WCW; and Alyssa Green, Wellesley College student. Erich Fox Tree, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Latin American Studies (and Anthropology) at Wellesley College, is not pictured.
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Funding to TEACH Youth Workers
Career Pathways II expands existing program
Funding by Cornerstones for Kids is enabling the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST), in partnership with Child Care Services Association and the Next Generation Youth Work Coalition, to support a subset of the original Career Pathways project that began in 2007. This project, committed to the well-being and empowerment of youth, is developing a set of guidelines to promote success and strengthen the workforce for afterschool providers. Phase two focuses on piloting a strategy that emerged as particularly promising: expanding the success of T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood to reach staff who work with school-age or older youth (middle and high school age) in self-regulated programs; e.g. community-based organizations and affiliates of national youth-serving organizations. |
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WCW Seeking Economist
Researcher will deepen current work and initiate new research at WCW
The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) has begun a search for a full-time economist with expertise researching gender issues. The ideal candidate will bring her/his own research and will collaborate with other WCW researchers to build on prior domestic and international work at the Centers. Full funding for two years is in place for this position. Applications are currently being reviewed and will be accepted until the position is filled.
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