Amy Lutz

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Degree

Ph.D., University of Albany, State University of New York, 2002

Specialties

Race and ethnicity, immigration, bilingualism, educational inequality

Courses

Fall 2018

Not Teaching

Biography

Amy Lutz is an Associate Professor of Sociology and a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Policy Research. She conducts research on children of immigrants, race ethnicity, and educational inequalities. Amy is currently working on a project that examines the educational and early labor market outcomes among children of immigrants in France and the United States. She is also working on a collaborative project on the relationship between families and schools and the role of social class on educationally relevant parenting practices. Additionally, she is working on a project that aims to determine how different affirmative action contexts have impacted different racial-ethnic groups’ enrollment and completion of degrees at selective colleges and universities. Full Biography

Publications

Selected Papers

Research Interests

Immigration
Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Language

Research Grants and Awards

“ Access to Selective Colleges in the Pre- and Post-Grutter Eras Among Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups," National Science Foundation grant. September 2012-August 2017.