Amy Lutz
Associate Professor, Sociology
Contact Information
aclutz@maxwell.syr.edu
426 Eggers Hall
(315) 443-3842
Office Hours:
Th 3:30-4:30
Staff Support
Laura Walsh
(315) 443-9929
lcwalsh@maxwell.syr.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Amy Lutz CV
Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology
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 2019
SOC 248.002 Racial and Ethnic Inequalities, TuTh 11:00-12:20, Sims 241
SOC 101.008 Intro to Sociology, TuTh 2:00-3:20, TuTh 2:00-3:20, HL 114
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
Principal Investigator. “Access to Selective Colleges in the Pre- and Post-Grutter Eras Among Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups," with CO-PI Pamela Bennett (UMBC). Funded by the National Science Foundation. 2012-2017.