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SADRI

Social and Demographic Research Institute

David Cort

David Cort
(Ph.D. University of California-Los Angeles 2007)
Sociology

W37A Machmer Hall
(413) 545-1041
dcort@soc.umass.edu
David Cort is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and the Associate Director of SADRI.

 

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Areas of Interest: Immigration, Social Stratification, Social Demography, Quantitative Methods, Race/Ethnicity

Current Grants:

2011-12. Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Employment Fraud and Employee Misclassification in Massachusetts. Co-PI; Eve Weinbaum, PI, Tom Juravich, Co-PI.

Recent Grants:

2010-11. Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty

2010-11. CSBS. Saliendo del Barrio: Documentation Status Differences in Residential Mobility Decisions

2009-10. UMass Labor Center. Future of Work Project: Immigrant and Ethnic White Representation in Jobs

2009-10. National Poverty Center. Small Grant: Legal Status and Residential Mobility

2008-10.  Andrew Mellon Foundation.  Mutual Mentoring Initiative Grant.  With Anna Branch, Andrew Papachristos, Wenona Rymond-Richmond, Amy Schalet and Melissa Wooten

Selected Publications:

"Re-examining the Ethnic Hierarchy of Locational Attainment: Evidence from Los Angeles." Social Science Research, forthcoming.

"Spurred to Action: The Effects of Reception Contexts on Naturalization Decisions in Los Angeles." Under review.

"Mexican Incorporation into the Vulnerable and Stable Working Classes: Reasons for Pessimism and Optimism." Under review. With Jenny Folsom.

"Residential Mobility into Los Angeles Neighborhoods: Racial, Ethnic, and Documentation Status Differences." Working paper. With Ken-Hou Lin and Gaby Stevenson.

"Changes in Race Differences in Attitudes Toward Immigrants: Incorporating Individual, Neighborhood, and State-Level Factors." Working paper. With Dwanna Robertson.