She conducts research on children of immigrants, race ethnicity, and educational inequalities. Professor Lutz 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, Amy is working on a project that aims to determine how different affirmative action contexts have affected different racial-ethnic groups’ enrollment and completion of degrees at selective colleges and universities. Amy received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Albany in 2002.