Interracial Families: Current Concepts and Controversies

A unique book offering both a research overview and practical advice for its readers, this text allows students to gain a solid understanding of the research that has been generated on several important issues surrounding multiracial families, including intimate relations, family dynamics, transracial adoptions, and other topics of personal and scholarly interest.

George Yancey (Ph.D., University of Texas) is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of North Texas and has earned a major grant from the Lilly Endowment to study multiracial church congregations and their people. He has published articles in the Journal of Intergroup Relations, The American Sociologist, the Journal of Black Studies, and the Journal of Family Issues Richard Lewis, Jr. (Ph.D., Texas AM University) is Special Assistant to the President of the University of Texas, San Antonio, and is Associate Professor of Sociology at the school