Family Ethnicity

Harriette Pipes McAdoo is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, Department of Family and Child Ecology.  Previously, she was Professor at Howard University in the School of Social Work and Visiting Lecturer at Smith College, the University of Washington, and the University of Minnesota.  She is a Director of the Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family; was a National Adviser to the President of the White House Conference on Families; was former President and Board Member of the National Council on Family Relations; and was a member of the Governing Council of the Society for Research in Child Development.  She was the first person honored by the National Council on Family Relations with the Marie Peters Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Leadership, and Service in the Area of Ethnic Minority Families.  Dr. McAdoo received her B.A. and M.A. from Michigan State University and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and she has done post-doctoral studies at Harvard University.  She has published on racial attitudes and self-esteem in young children, Black mobility patterns, coping strategies of single mothers, and professional Kenyan women and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe.  She is editor of Black Children: Social, Educational, and Parental Environments, Second Edition (2002, SAGE) and Family Ethnicity: Strength in Diversity, Second Edition (1999, SAGE), as well as Young Families, Program Review, and Policy Recommendations.  She is coauthor of Women and Children, Alonge and in Poverty.  She has four children and four grandchildren.

• PART ONE: FAMILY ETHNIC DIVERSITYFamilies of Color - Harriette Pipes McAdooStrengths that Come from DiversityReframing Family Ethnicity in America - Doris WilkinsonPART TWO: NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN FAMILIESThe American Indian Experience - Suzan Shown HarjoFirstborn American Indian Daughters - LeAnne E SilveyStruggles to Reclaim Cultural Self IdentityContemporary Issues in the Urban American Indian Family - Walter T Kawamoto and Tamara C CheshirePART THREE: NATIVE HAWAIIAN FAMILIESNative Hawaiian Families - Lillian Aotaki PhenicePART FOUR: MEXICAN AMERICAN AND SPANISH-ORIGIN FAMILIESMexican American/Chicano Families - Estella A MartínezParenting as Diverse as the Families ThemselvesCuban Americans in Exile - Zulema E SuárezMyths and RealityDichos y Refranes - Jaime Chahin, Francisco A Villarruel and Ruben Anguiano ViramontezThe Transmission of Cultural Values and BeliefsPART FIVE: AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIESAfrican American Extended Kin Systems - Shirley J Hatchett and James S JacksonAn Empirical Assessment in the National Survey of Black AmericansAfrican American Females as Primary Parents - Niara SudarkasaPART SIX: MUSLIM AMERICAN FAMILIESIslamic Family Ideals and Their Relevance to American Muslim Families - Bahira SherifContemporary Muslim Women and the Family - Marsha T CarolanPART SEVEN: ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILIESContinuity and Change among Vietnamese Families in the United States - Steven J GoldIntergenerational Relationships among Chinese Immigrant Families from Taiwan - Chien Lin and William T LiuThe Ethnic Socialization of Chinese American Children - Young-Shi Ou and Harriette Pipes McAdooKorean Immigrants′ Marital Patterns and Marital Adjustments - Pyong Gap MinPART EIGHT: SOCIAL PRACTICE WITH PEOPLE OF COLORNecessary Social Work Roles and Knowledge with Native Americans - Charlotte Tsoi GoodluckIndian Child Welfare ActAnd How Are the Children? Diversity in Childhood Experiences - Wynetta Devore and Harlan LondonFamily Ethnicity - Harriette Pipes McAdooChallenges for the 21st Century