Books

Charles, Camille Z., Mary J. Fischer, Margarita Mooney, and Douglas S. Massey. 2008. Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents at Selective Colleges and Universities. Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming

Massey, Douglas S., Camille Z. Charles, Garvey Lundy, and Mary J. Fischer. 2003. The Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America’s Selective Colleges and Universities. Princeton: Princeton University Press. For a preview of Chapter 1, click here.

Doctoral Dissertations

Fischer, Mary J.  2003.   Finding a Place:  The Social and Academic Adjustment of Minorities on Predominantly White Campuses.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Graduate Groups of Sociology and Demography, University of Pennsylvania.

Torres, Kimberly C.  2006.  Manufacturing Blackness: Skin Color Necessary But Not Sufficient. Ph.D. Dissertation, Graduate Group in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. Click to see Chapter 1 (introduction) and Chapter 3 (Segregation and Inter-Racial Divide).

Articles

Charles, Camille Z., and Douglas S. Massey.  2003.  “How Stereotypes Sabotage Minority Students.”  Chronicle of Higher Education, January 10, pp. B10-11.

Charles, Camille Z., Douglas S. Massey, and Gniesha Dinwiddie.  2004.  “The Continuing Consequences of Segregation: Family Stress and College Academic Performance.” Social Science Quarterly 85(5):1353-74.

Fischer, Mary J.   2007.  “Settling into Campus Life: Differences by Race/Ethnicity in College Involvement and Outcomes.”  Journal of Higher Education 78(2):125-161.

Fischer, Mary J., and Douglas S. Massey.  2006.  “The Effect of Childhood Segregation of Minority Academic Performance at Selective Colleges.”  Ethnic and Racial Studies 29(1):1-26.

Fischer, Mary J., and Douglas S. Massey.  2007.  “The Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education.”  Social Science Research 38:531-549.

Massey, Douglas S.  2006.  “Social Background and Academic Performance Differentials:  White and Minority Students at Selective Colleges.”  American Law and Economics Review 8(2):390-409.

Massey, Douglas S.  2003.  “The Source of the River: Understanding Who Our Freshmen Are.” Pp. 16-27 in Begging for Leadership: A Call for Courage, Commitment, and Creativity.  New York: College Board.

________.  2004.  “Segregation and Stratification: A Biosocial Perspective.”  DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race 2:7-26.

________. 2005    “The Consequences of Affirmative Action at Selective Institutions.”  Pp. 59-69 in Refocusing on the Common Good: Advancing Equity and Access in Higher Education.   New York: The College Board.

________.  2006.  “Social Background and Academic Performance Differentials:  White and Minority Students at Selective Colleges.”  American Law and Economics Review 8(2):1-20.

Massey, Douglas S., and Mary J. Fischer.  2005.  “Stereotype Threat and Academic Performance: New Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen.”  The DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race 2:45-68.

Massey, Douglas S., Camille Z. Charles, Margarita Mooney, and Kimberly Torres.  2007.  “Black Immigrants and Black Natives Attending Selective Colleges and Universities in the United States.”  American Journal of Education 113(2):243-271.

Massey, Douglas S., and Margarita Mooney.  2007.  “The Effects of America’s Three Affirmative Action Programs on Academic Performance.”  Social Problems 54(1): 99–117

Torres, Kimberly C., and Camille Z. Charles.  2004.  “Metastereotypes and the Black-White Divide: A Qualitative View of Race on an Elite College Campus.” The  DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race 1:115-149.

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