April Linton, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. - Univ. of Washington, 2002

April Linton

Areas of Specialization: Political Sociology, Sociology of Language, Migration, Globalization, and Development

Email Address: aplinton@ucsd.edu
Phone number: 858-534-5641
Office location: 483 Social Science Building

Office Hours

Biography:

April Linton received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington. She studies international migration, transnational social movements, globalization, and development. Her current projects include a book about the Fair Trade movement: Niche Markets or Norm Change? She is co-editor of The Global Governance of Food (2009, Routledge), co-author of “Contexts for Bilingualism among U.S.-Born Latinos: 1990 and 2000” (2009, Ethnic and Racial Studies) and author of "Language Politics and Policy in the United States: Implications for the Immigration Debate" (forthcoming, International Journal of the Sociology of Language).

Curriculum Vitae

Classes to be taught in 2009/10:

Fall 2009

SOCI 125 - Sociology of Immigration

SOCG 205 - Quantitative Methods I

Spring 2010
SOCI 103M - Computer Applications to Data Mgmt in Sociology
SOCI 153 - Urban Sociology

Selected Publications:

2008.   “A Niche for Sustainability: Fair Labor and Environmentally Sound Practices in the Specialty Coffee Industry.” Globalizations 5(2):231-245.

2007.  “Dual-Language Education in the Wake of California Proposition 227: Five Cases” Intercultural Education 18(2):111-128.

2005, 2006.  “Partnering for Sustainability: Business-NGO Alliances in the Coffee Industry.” Development in Practice 15(3&4):600-614 and pp. 223-246 in Development and the Private Sector edited by Deborah Eade and John Sayer.  Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press.

2004. “A Taste of Trade Justice: Marketing Global Social Responsibility via Fair Trade Coffee” (with Cindy C. Liou and Kelly Ann Shaw). Globalizations 1(2):223-246.

2004. “A Critical Mass Model of Bilingualism among U.S.-Born Hispanics.” Social Forces 83(1):279-314.

2004. “Learning in Two Languages: Spanish-English Immersion in U.S. Public Schools.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 24(7/8):46-74.

2003. “Fair Trade: A Cup at a Time?” (with Margaret Levi) Politics and Society 31(3):407-432.