1. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
Tuesday, March 13/12:45pm-1:45
Willie L. Banks, Jr., Ph.D., Cleveland State University
Miguel Hernandez, M.Ed., University of Georgia
Michelle Robinson, Florida State University

2. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
Schedule
Introductions
Demographic information on bi/multiracial students
Three different models of bi/multiracial student identity development
How do we foster inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students?
Discussion
Q & A

3. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
Learning Outcomes
Participants will gain knowledge about the demographics of bi/multiracial population
Participants will understand different personal and social development models of bi/multiracial students
Participants will identify ways to create inclusive and dynamic environments for bi/multiracial students

4. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
Demographics collected for multiple races for the first time in 2000
2010 Census first time to have data that can provide accurate demographic on bi/multiracial individuals
“largest group of mixed-race people ever to come of age in the United States…driven by immigration and intermarriage” (Sauluny, 2011)

5. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
Demographics (Census, 2010)
Total population = 309 million
97% of Population identify with one race (299.7 million)
2.9% of Population identify with 2 or more races = (9 million)
Increase of 32% of people identifying with 2 or more races from 2000 to 2010
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6. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
Top Combinations of race (Census, 2010)
Two Races- 8.3 million (91.7%)
Three Races – 676K (7.5%)
Four Races – 58K (.6%)
Five Races – 8600K (.1%)
Six Races – 792
Total - 9 million (100%)

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Bi/multiracial Identity Development Models
Poston (1990) Five Levels of Biracial Identity
Personal Identity
Choice of Group Categorization
Enmeshment/Denial
Appreciation
Integration

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Bi/multiracial Identity Development Models
Rockquemore and Brunsma (2002)
Border identity
Singular identity
Protean identity
Transcendent identity

9. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
Renn (200,2004)
Monoracial Identity
Multiple Monoracial Identity
Multiracial Identity
Extraracial Identity
Situational Identity

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How do we foster inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students?
Train campus community on identity models and demographic information of bi/multiracial students
Structure and provide spaces (physical, social, psychological) for bi/multiracial students
Provide choices and options in planning programs and services for bi/multiracial students
Provide opportunities for students to form groups
Use inclusive language
Hire staff/faculty that identify as bi/multiracial and can serve as mentors to others
Do not assume

11. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
Contact information
Willie L. Banks, Jr., Ph.D. – Cleveland State University,
Miguel Hernandez, M.Ed.- The University of Georgia,
Michelle Robinson- Florida State University,

12. Fostering inclusive environments for bi/multiracial students
References
Humes, K.R., Jones, N. A., and Ramirez, R. R. Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: Census Briefs, March US Department of Commerce.
Poston, W.S.C. “The Biracial Identity Development Model: A Needed Addition.” Journal of Counseling and Development, 1990, 69, 152–155.
Renn, K. A. “Patterns of Situational Identity Among Biracial and Multiracial College Students.”Review of Higher Education, 2000, 23, 399–420.
Renn, K. A. Mixed Race Students in College: The Ecology of Race, Identity, and Community. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 2004.
Rockquemore, K. A., and Brunsma, D. L. Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2002.
Saulny, S., Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above. New York Times, Jan. 1, 2011.

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