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How Cross-Discipline Understanding and Communication Can Improve Research on Multiracial Populations

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Gaither, SE; Sims, JP
Published in: Social Sciences
March 1, 2022

One of the strengths of Critical Mixed Race Studies is that it represents research methodolo-gies and frameworks from multiple disciplines across the social sciences and humanities. However, if these disciplines are not in dialogue with each other, that benefit may be lost. Here, we use psychological and sociological research on Multiracial populations as examples to argue how strict disciplinarity and methodological trends may limit scientific production. We propose that reading and citing work across disciplines, expanding methodological training, and rejecting hegemonic “white logic” assumptions about what is “publishable” can enhance Multiracial research. First, the ability to cite effectively across disciplines will shorten the time it takes for new theories to be developed that focus on empirically underrepresented populations. Secondly, increasing understanding of both quantitative and qualitative methods will allow more effective reading between disciplines while also creating opportunities to engage with both causality and the richness of experiences that comprise being Multiracial. Finally, these changes would then situate scholars to be more effective reviewers, thereby enhancing the peer-reviewed publication process to one that routinely rejects color evasive racist practices that privilege work on majority populations.

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Social Sciences

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2076-0760

Publication Date

March 1, 2022

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11

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3

Related Subject Headings

  • 48 Law and legal studies
  • 44 Human society
  • 18 Law and Legal Studies
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
 

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Gaither, S. E., & Sims, J. P. (2022). How Cross-Discipline Understanding and Communication Can Improve Research on Multiracial Populations. Social Sciences, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/SOCSCI11030090
Gaither, S. E., and J. P. Sims. “How Cross-Discipline Understanding and Communication Can Improve Research on Multiracial Populations.” Social Sciences 11, no. 3 (March 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/SOCSCI11030090.
Gaither, S. E., and J. P. Sims. “How Cross-Discipline Understanding and Communication Can Improve Research on Multiracial Populations.” Social Sciences, vol. 11, no. 3, Mar. 2022. Scopus, doi:10.3390/SOCSCI11030090.

Published In

Social Sciences

DOI

EISSN

2076-0760

Publication Date

March 1, 2022

Volume

11

Issue

3

Related Subject Headings

  • 48 Law and legal studies
  • 44 Human society
  • 18 Law and Legal Studies
  • 16 Studies in Human Society