MMUF Mentor Profile

 

Name: Lina Newton

 

Department: Political Science

 

Specialized Field: U.S. Immigration Policy/Mexican Migration

 

Contact Information:     Telephone:        (212) 772-4785

 

                                    Email:               lnewton@hunter.cuny.edu

 

                                    Address:           Hunter College

                                                            Political Science Department – 17th Floor West Building

                                                            695 Park Avenue

                                                            New York, NY 10065

           

Please list any publications and/or research conducted:

“Why Some Latinos Supported Proposition 187: Testing Economic Threat & Cultural Identity Hypotheses” Social Science Quarterly (1)81: 180-193 (2000)

 

“It is not a Question of Being Anti-Immigration: Categories of Deservedness in Immigration Policy Making” in A. Schneider & H. Ingram eds. Deserving and Entitled: Social Constructions and Public Policy (Suny Press)

 

Member of the following Organizations:

 

            American Political Science Association (Public Policy Section and Race, Ethnicity & Politics Section)