Exploring Mixed Race and Interracial Family Experiences

Eight book and magazine covers, including Esquire, Time, and Vogue, with images and stories about being mixed race.

Last year, when the university was revisiting its DEI strategy and the 2020 census data had just been released, Education Librarian Karen Downing saw an opportunity to dig deeper into an area of interest she’d long pursued: helping mixed-race students and others in the community feel welcome and included on campus.

Now, a library exhibit — Being Mixed Race in a Mono-racially Organized World — puts on display some of the research findings that emerged from this effort.

Read about the collaborative approach Downing took to drive the creation of the exhibit and related programming, and join us for some or all of the related programming: