SUPPORTING MULTIRACIAL RESEARCH, ONE ISSUE AT A TIME

Healthcare

MASC is dedicated to improving the inequities in healthcare faced by multiracial people.  This includes ethical issues surrounding race based medicine and under-representation in the marrow donor database.  Understanding racial categorization and properly identifying people are key to achieving this goal.  This is one reason why we are involved in racial identification forms such as the Census.

To learn about why these issues are important and how you may help please visit MASC’s partner, MIXED MARROW.

Mixed Marrow — Website: http://www.mixedmarrow.org/

Mixed Marrow — Facebook: http://bit.ly/bkVEvl

Requests for Research

MASC regularly gets contacted re: requests for participants by researchers related to the multiracial community and multiracial individuals.  In general, we believe that adding to the body of knowledge about multiracial individuals through research is beneficial to our community

As a service to the community, MASC passes along the opportunity to participate in research.  Your participation is completely voluntary.  MASC does not officially endorse any research initiatives. As always, we do not sell or share your personal information with anyone. For this reason, we post the information on this site so you can choose to take part in the studies if you wish.

Sincerely,

Multiracial Americans of Southern California

12228 Venice Blvd., Suite 452

Los Angeles, CA 90066

info@mascsite.org

**Note: Research projects close after a period of time.  We do our best to update this page regularly and apologize if there is a study listed here that has already closed to participants.

–Research Request dated: July 15, 2010–
BIRACIAL ADULTS OF CHINESE AND WHITE EUROPEAN BACKGROUNDS NEEDED FOR MULTICULTURAL RESEARCH

• Are you 18 years of age or older?
• Are you biracial with a Chinese or Chinese American parent and a White European parent?
• Were you born in the U.S.?
• Would you like to take part in a raffle for 10 Amazon gift cards of $35?

I am a graduate student in clinical psychology and I am currently conducting a study on ethnic identity. For more information and to participate in the study, please visit one of the following websites:

https://www.psychdata.com/s.asp?SID=135507

or

www.psychdata.com and type “135507” for the survey # (in the top right corner).

For more information, please contact me at: meilin_mehri@yahoo.com .

Thank you.

Meilin Mehri, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate
The Wright Institute
Berkeley, CA
meilin_mehri@yahoo.com

–Research Request dated: June 15, 2010–
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR A STUDY EXPLORING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF MULTIRACIAL BLACK PEOPLE RAISED IN WHITE AND INTERRACIAL FAMILIES

Greetings! I am recruiting Multiracial adults (18 to 35 years old) of
African or African American descent who were raised by white or
interracial parents/guardians (by birth or adoption) to participate in an
interview study about experiences with racism in academic settings and
parent/guardian approaches to addressing race and racism.

All participants will participate in one interview lasting approximately
90-120 minutes; some participants may be asked to participate in follow up
interviews. Participants will be asked questions about family background,
experiences with racism, parents/guardians’ views on race and racism, and
strategies for coping with racism.

I am a PhD student in the School of Education at UC Berkeley. My personal
experiences, as well as learning about the experiences of others who grew
up in similar situations, has led me to pursue this topic as my doctoral
research. By sharing your voice and experiences, you can help raise
critical awareness about the complexity of family dynamics and support
efforts to improve the lives of future African/African American descent
individuals who grow up in similar contexts.

If you or someone you know is interested in participating in this study
please contact me at snyderc@berkeley.edu.

Cyndy R. Snyder, MA
Policy, Organizations, Measurement, and Evaluation
Graduate School of Education
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
snyderc@berkeley.edu