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
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
Renzulli, Linda A. 2005. "Organizational Environments and the Emergence of Charter Schools in the U.S." Sociology of Education 78:1-26.
Renzulli, Linda A. and Howard E. Aldrich. 2005. "Who Can you Turn To: Tie Activation Within Core Business Discussion Networks." Social Forces 84:323-342.
Renzulli, Linda A. and Lorraine Evans. 2005. "School Choice, Charter Schools, and White Flight." Social Problems 52:398-418.
Renzulli, Linda A. and Vincent J. Roscigno. 2005. "Charter School Policy, Implementation, and Diffusion in the U.S." Sociology of Education 78:344-365.
Renzulli, Linda A., Howard E. Aldrich, and James Moody. 2000. "Family Matters: Gender, Networks, and Entrepreneurial Outcomes." Social Forces 79:523-546.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
214C Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-3213 (office)
706-542-4320 (fax)
renzulli@uga.edu
