# Surveying Multiethnic America May 10, 2007 The [Program on Survey Research](http://www.iq.harvard.edu/psr/) at Harvard is hosting an afternoon conference tomorrow on the challenges of surveying multiethnic populations: Surveying Multiethnic America May 11, 2007 12:30 – 5:00 Institute for Quantitative Social Science CGIS N-050 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Across a variety of different academic disciplines, scholars are interested in topics related to multiethnic populations, and sample surveys are one of the primary means of studying these populations. Surveys of multiethnic populations face a number of distinctive methodological challenges, including issues related to defining and measuring ethnic identity, and locating, sampling, and communicating with the groups of interest. This afternoon panel sponsored by the Program on Survey Research at Harvard University will look at recent survey research projects on multiethnic populations in the US. Researchers will discuss how they confronted the unique methodological challenges in their survey projects and will consider the implications of their approach for their key theoretical and empirical findings. Schedule: 12:30 - 2:45 Sunshine Hillygus, Harvard University, Introduction Manuel de la Puente, US Bureau of the Census, Current Issues in Multiethnic Survey Methods Guillermina Jasso, New York University, New Immigrant Study Deborah Schildkraut, Tufts University, The 21st Century Americanism Study Yoshiko Herrera, Harvard University, Discussant 3:00 - 5:00 Tami Buhr, Harvard University, Harvard Multi-Ethnic Health Survey Ronald Brown, Wayne State University, National Ethnic Pluralism Survey Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Texas Christian University, National Latino Politics Survey Kim Williams, Harvard University, Discussant Posted by [Mike Kellermann](http://www.iq.harvard.edu/blog/sss/archives/author/mike-kellermann/) at [12:05 PM](http://www.iq.harvard.edu/blog/sss/archives/2007/05/the_program_on.shtml) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)