Assistant Professor of Sociology

1210 Park St.
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA 50112
(641) 269-4409
fax (641) 269-4985
cookd@grinnell.edu

Prof. Cook-Martin's Homepage (see for a full CV).

• Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
• M.A. in Sociology, University of Houston, Houston
• Bachelor of Arts, Wheaton College

• Political sociology
• International migration
• Comparative race, ethnicity, and nationalism
• Gender and ethnic inequalities
• Categorical inequalities
• Sociology of Latin America
• Sociology of Law
• Sociology of Religion
• Historical-comparative and ethnographic methods

• "Rules, Red Tape, and Paperwork: The Archeology of State Control over Migrants, 1850-1930." Journal of Historical Sociology 21(1):82-118, March 2008.
• "Soldiers and Wayward Women: Gendered Citizenship, and Migration Policy in Argentina, Italy, and Spain since 1850." Citizenship Studies 10(5):571-590, November 2006.
• "The Problem with Similarity: Ethnic Affinity Migrants in Spain" (second author: Anahí Viladrich). Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Forthcoming (January 2009).
• "Discursos Transnacionales de Inclusión Étnica: El Caso de los Españoles por Adopción (first author: Anahí Viladrich). Observatorio Permanente de la Inmigración, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Madrid, edited by Carlota Solé and Sònia Parella, Fall 2009.

• Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2007, Spring 2008)
• International Migration (Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
• Research Methods (Spring 2008, Fall 2008)
• Citizenship Matters (Spring 2008, Spring 2009)
• Global Contrasts in Racial, Ethnic and National Formation (Spring 2009)

• Competition, Statecraft and Belonging in Argentina, Italy and Spain: a book project that examines examines how and why state membership in Spain, Italy, and Argentina has changed over a century and a half (see website for a fuller description)
• Race, Immigration and Citizenship in the Americas (RICA): a project that studies the links between political liberalism and racialized preferences in the immigration and nationality laws of 22 countries in the Americas since 1850 (see website for a fuller description)