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Miri Song completed her PhD at the London School of Economics, Masters in Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and her BA in History & Literature at Harvard University. Miri Song is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at University of Kent.
Miri Song’s research interests include ethnic identity, ‘race’ and ‘mixed race’, racisms, migration (in its many forms) and immigrant adaptation. Over the years, she has been involved in British, European and North American research networks, including IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion), the American Sociological Association, and the British Sociological Association.
Professor Song’s books include Multiracial Parents: Mixed Race Families, Generational Change, and the Future of Race (2017 NYU Press). She is also the co-author of Mixed Race Identities with Peter Aspinall (2013 Palgrave/Macmillan), Choosing Ethnic Identity (2003 Polity Press), and Helping Out: Children’s Labor in Ethnic Businesses (1999 Temple University Press). She has also co-edited a number of books.
Professor Song's current research project, 'Racial Identities and Life Choices among Mixed-Heritage People in the United States', is funded by the Russell Sage Foundation.
Our book, Mixed Heritage in the Family, is forthcoming with the Russell Sage Foundation in the US.
This project is carried out in conjunction with Professor Carolyn Liebler (University of Minnesota). As interracial unions and multiracial people are becoming more ordinary in the US, how important are racial and ethnic backgrounds to people with mixed racial heritage and their families? Thus far, while many studies have investigated the identifications of multiracial people, no studies in the US have examined their racial identifications, spousal choices, and their upbringing of their children. In this innovative study, they use their complementary research skills and parallel research interests to understand three intertwined aspects of the lives of mixed-heritage individuals from three distinct racial backgrounds using both qualitative interviews and quantitative analyses of census data.
They ask: How does a person’s race and ancestry responses link to their choice of spouse and the racial identification of their children? Does the answer to this question vary by location in the United States? Does it vary across different mixed-heritage groups?
Professor Song was the Guest Professor in Memory of Willy Brandt at the Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), in Malmo, Sweden, in Autumn 2013, where she gave a series of research seminars. In Autumn 2017, she was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York.
Editorial Board Member: journals
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Identities
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (2018 to 2021)
Ethnicities (2015 to 2020)
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