Education:

2002     Ph.D., Sociology
           The University at Albany, State University of New York
           Dissertation:  "Bilingualism in the USA:  Language Outcomes and
           Opportunities for Latinos."

2002     M.A., Latin American and Caribbean Studies
           The University at Albany, State University of New York
           Master's Project:  "Pinochet on Trial:  A Narrative Analysis of
           Newspaper Coverage of the Pinochet Extradition Trial."

2001     Graduate Certificate, Demography
           The University at Albany, State University of New York

1994     B.A., Sociology
           Boston College
           Major:  Sociology   Minor:  Film Studies
           Semester Abroad:  Institute of European Studies/Universidad
           Complutense de Madrid

Professional Positions:

2004-present     Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
                       Department of Sociology, The Maxwell School of Citizenship
                       and Public Affairs

2002-2004         Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins
                       University, Department of Sociology & Center for Social
                       Organizations of Schools

Selected Publications:

Forthcoming
           Lutz, Amy. "Spanish Maintenance among English-speaking Latino
           Youth:  The Role of Individual and Social Characteristics." Social
           Forces.

Forthcoming
           South, Scott, Amy Lutz and Eric P. Baumer. "Adolescent Residential
           Mobility and Premature Life-Course Transitions:  The Role of Peer
           Networks." Sociological Studies of Children and Youth.

2004     Lutz, Amy. "Dual Language Proficiencies and the Educational
           Attainment of Latinos." Migraciones Internacionales 2: 95-122.

2003     South, Scott, Eric P. Baumer and Amy Lutz. "Interpreting Community
            Effects on Youth Educational Attainment." Youth and Society 35: 3
            -36.

2003     Cervantes-Rodriguez, Ana Margarita and Amy Lutz. "Coloniality of
            Power, Immigration, and the English-Spanish Asymmetry in the United
            States." Nepantla:  Views from South 4: 523-560.

2002     Alba, Richard, John Logan, Amy Lutz and Brian Stults. "Only English by
            Generation?  Loss and Preservation of the Mother Tongue among the
            Grandchildren of Contemporary Immigrants." Demography 39: 467-484.

2001     Alba, Richard, Amy Lutz and Elena Vesselinov. "How Enduring Were the
            Inequalities Among European Immigrant Groups in the U.S.?"
            Demography 38: 349-356.