Dr. Linda Renzulli
(Curriculum
Vitae) Dr. Linda Renzulli, Associate Professor
of Sociology, has been at the University of Georgia
since 2001.
She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2001.
Her specialty areas include Organizational Creation,
Change, and Diffusion, Sociology of Education, Sociology
of Work and Organizations, Stratification,
Networks, and
Gender.
Dr. Renzulli's most recent work examines charter schools with an interest in understanding the early stages of organizational development and sociopolitical impacts on school formation. She is also interested in the effects of the school district environment on charter school policy and organizational structure. Finally, Dr. Renzulli is examining the effects of that policy on the composition of students who attend charter schools and the consequences for teacher professionalization.
Selected Honors, Awards, and Grants
2010. "An Analysis of Organizational Mortality: The Case of Charter Schools from 1992-2005," National Science Foundation #039310-01. 01/2010 - 12/2012. Total amount awarded: $260,104.
M.G. Michael Award for New Research. 2008. Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. University of Georgia ($3,000).
Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award. 2007. University of Georgia ($5,000).
2004-2006. Lilly Fellowship. University of Georgia, Office of Instructional Support and Development.
2002-2003. American Education Research Association Research Grant, $20,000. "School Choice, Whose Choice?" From the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement --NSF Grant #REC-9980573.
Selected Publications
Howard-McMahon, Jennfier, Jody Clay-Warner, and Linda Renzulli. 2009. “Marital Rape Laws, 1976-2002: From Exemptions to Prohibitions.” Sociological Perspectives.
Renzulli, Linda A., Vincent Roscigno. 2007. “Charter Schools, Achievement, and the Public Good." Contexts. 6:31-36.
Renzulli, Linda A. 2006. “District Segregation, Race Legislation, and Black Enrollment in Charter Schools.” Social Science Quarterly. 82(3): 618-637.
Renzulli, Linda A., Linda Grant and Sheejita Kathuria. 2006. “Equity With Constraint: Gender Equity in Faculty Wages at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Gender & Society. 20:491-510.
Davis, Amy, Linda A. Renzulli, and Howard E. Aldrich. 2006. “Mixing or Matching? The* *Influence of Voluntary Associations on Small Business Owners' Networks” Work and Occupations. 33(1):42-72.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
214C Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-3213 (office)
706-542-4320 (fax)
renzulli@uga.edu
