David A.
Cort
B.S. Psychology: Oakwood University (1999)
M.A. Sociology The George Washington University (2001)
Ph.D. Sociology University of California, Los Angeles (2007)
Dissertation Title: A Reexamination: The Role of Familial Acculturation
In the Process of Second Generation
Immigrant Assimilation
(Chaired by Roger Waldinger & Robert D. Mare)
Research Interests
Immigration
Social
Stratification
Social
Demography
Race
& Ethnicity
Quantitative
Methodology
My
broad academic interests are in social stratification and international
migration. While in graduate school, my dissertation work focused on the
relationship between the type of language acculturation immigrant families
experienced in the past and the future socioeconomic assimilation of their
children, the second generation. For this project, I used data from the
Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey (CILS). For my next series of
projects, I will turn my attention to how the changing documentation status of
immigrants can help or hinder their quest for socioeconomic attainment.
In
my cumulative work thus far, I have made use of various quantitative tools such
as event history analysis, multilevel analysis, and categorical data analysis.
I have applied these tools in the analyses of multiple data sources such as the
Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LA-FANS), the Children of
Immigrants Longitudinal Survey (CILS), the General Social Survey (GSS), the
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), the Current Population Survey (CPS), and
the U.S. Census.
Awards & Fellowships
National
Poverty Center Small Grant Recipient, 2009 – 2010.
UMass
Labor Center Small Grant Recipient, 2009 – 2010.
Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship Foundation/Andrew Mellon Dissertation Grant: June
2006 – June 2007.
NICHD
Minority Training Supplement Award: 2002 – 2005.
American
Sociological Association Minority General Fellowship: 2001 – 2004.
Outstanding
Graduate Student Paper, Co-authored with Vanesa Estrada. 2003. “Race, Place,
& Homeownership: A Multi-level Analysis of Racial & Ethnic Disparities
in
Outstanding
Graduate Student Recipient of the American Sociological Association Minority
General Fellowship. 2003. AKD Foundation & American Sociological
Association.
Refereed Publications
Cort,
Malcolm A. & David A. Cort. 2008. “Willingness
to Participate in Organ Donation among Black and White Seventh-day
Adventist College Students. Journal of American College Health 56: 691-97.
Cort, David A. (Forthcoming). “What
Happened to Familial Acculturation?” Ethnic
and Racial Studies.
Waldinger,
Roger, Nelson Lim, & David A. Cort. 2007. “Bad Jobs, Good Jobs, No Jobs? The
Employment Experiences of
the Mexican American Second Generation. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 33: 1 – 35.
Articles Under Review
Cort, David A. 2009. “Ethnicity
Differences in Early Parenthood Among Immigrant Young Adults: Evidence from the
CILS.”
Working Papers
Cort,
David A. 2009. “Classical Assimilation, Segmented Assimilation, or Working
Class Incorporation? The Long-Term Experiences
of the Mexican Second Generation.”
Cort,
David A. & Malcolm A. Cort. 2009. “It’s in the Blood: HIV Stigma and
Revealing the HIV Status of Kin in Guyana, South America.”
Cort,
David A. 2009. “Mis Padres No Entienden: Child Bilingualism, Familial Language
Acculturation and Parental Conflict Among Immigrant
Families.”
Current Projects
“Immigrant and White Representation
in Jobs: The Case of Worcester & Lowell MA.” UMass Amherst Labor Center. 2009 – 2010.
“Saliendo del Barro: Documentation
Status Differences in Residential Mobility Decisions.” National Poverty Center. 2009 – 2010.
“When Being Bad is Good for Business
(with Robert Faulkner). 2009 – Present.
Teaching
Summer 2006: Sociology 20: Introduction to Research
Methods (UCLA)
Fall
2007: Sociology
711: Introductory Graduate Statistics
Spring 2008: Sociology 224: Social Class Inequality (Syllabus)
Spring 2008: Sociology 244: Immigration
Fall 2008: Sociology 244: Immigration (Syllabus)
Fall 2008: Sociology 711: Introductory Graduate Statistics (Syllabus)
Spring 2009: Sociology 712: Advanced Graduate Statistics (Syllabus)
Spring 2009: Sociology 724: Graduate Social Class Inequality (Syllabus)
Fall 2009: Sociology 224: Social Class Inequality
Spring 2010 Sociology 212: Elementary Statistics
A Bit About Me - Personal Likes
Sociology
(I can’t get it out of my system)
Dogs
(I want 2 big ones)
Boats
Music
(R&B, Hip Hop, Gospel, Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Jazz)
Travel
(including road trips)
Dressing
up (with shirt & tie; notice the picture)
Law
& Order (Original & CI)
Criminal
Minds (I wanted to be a psychologist)
The
First 48 (I wanted to be a homicide detective too)
The
Closer
The
Sopranos (HBO Series) – Tony Soprano for President!!
True
Blood (HBO Series)
The
Wire (HBO Series)
Dexter
(Showtime Series) – Here’s to hoping Dexter can cry someday!!
The
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (HBO Series)
Movies
(Action, Psychological Thrillers – “Hello Clarice. I’m having a friend for
dinner”)
A Bit More About Me - Personal Dislikes
Olives
(Absolutely horrible)
Eggplant
(I don’t care how it’s cooked)
Motion
Sickness (Puts me out of commission for days)
Headaches
(I get them all the time)
Human
Suffering (Pisses me off)
Animal
Suffering (Really pisses me off)
Needles
(At least you know I won’t be a drug user)
Things
near my eye (I can never, ever wear contacts)
Traffic
(I suffer from mild road rage)
Home
Depreciation (Really sucks)
Contact Information
University
of Massachusetts, Amherst
200
Hicks Way
702
Thompson Hall
Amherst,
MA 01003
(O)
413/545-1041
(F)
413/545-3204
Updated: 08.01.09