Family Ethnicity : Strength in Diversity

Family ethnicity involves the unique family customs, proverbs, and stories that are passed on for generations. This volume provides extensive information about the various cultural elements that different family groups have drawn upon in order to exist in the United States today. The sections cover Native American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Mexican American and Spanish, African American, Muslim American, and Asian American families.

Marsha T. Carolan, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Child Ecology at Michigan State University Jaime Chahin, Ph.D., is Associate Vice President for Human Resources and University Affairs and Assistant Professor of Social Work at Southwest Texas State University Tamara C. Cheshire, M.A., is Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Sacramento City College Wynetta Devore, Ed.D., is Professor Emeritus of the School of Social Work at Syracuse University Steven J. Gold, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University Charlotte Tsoi Goodluck, Ph.D., a member of the (Dine) Navajo Nation, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University Suzan Shown Harjo, Cheyenne and Muscogee, is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. She is President and Executive Director of the Morning Star Institute, founding cochair of the Howard Simons Fund for Indian Journalists, and cochair of the Artists Council of Indian Art Northwest Shirley J. Hatchett, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana James S. Jackson, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Public Health, Director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics, and Director of the Program for Research on Black Americans at the Institute for Social Research, all at the University of Michigan Walter T. Kawamoto, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Family and Consumer Sciences Department of California State University, Sacramento Chien Lin, Ph.D., taught sociology at the National Cheng Chi University in Taiwan William T. Liu, Ph.D., is Director of the Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago Harlan London, Ph.D., is adviser to the chancellor of Syracuse University on curriculum renovation and diversity issues. He is also Professor Emeritus in the Child and Family Studies Department of the College of Human Development at Syracuse Estella A. Martinez, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico in the Department of Counseling and Family Studies, College of Education Pyong Gap Min, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College of the City University of New York Young-Shi Ou, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist at the Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents in Baltimore, Maryland Bahira Sherif, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the Department of Individual and Family Studies at the University of Delaware Le Anne E. Silvey, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan Zulema E. Suarez, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services Niara Sudarkasa, Ph.D., (nee Gloria A. Marshall) is President of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania Francisco A. Villarruel, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Family and Child Ecology at Michigan State University Ruben Anguiano Viramontez is an instructor at East Carolina University. He is also a member of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Doris Wilkinson, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky