Dr. Thomas L. McNulty
(Curriculum Vitae) Dr. Thomas McNulty, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been at the University of Georgia since 1996. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University at Albany (SUNY) in 1996. His specialty areas include criminology, urban sociology, and research methods.
Dr. McNulty's most recent work focuses on testing multilevel theoretical models of racial and ethnic differences in crime/violence, with emphasis on the role of family, school, and community contexts. Related research has examined the impact of public housing on neighborhood crime patterns, labor market effects on adolescent delinquency, and prison conditions related to inmate suicide. He is currently co-principal investigator on a four year grant examining the sociocultural and community risk factors for violence among African American adolescents and young adults.
Selected Honors, Awards, and Grants
2004-2008. Co-Principle Investigator, Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services Grant (#04056). "Sociocultural and Community Risk and Protective Factors for Child Maltreatment and Youth Violence." [$1,978,700].
Selected Publications
Bellair, Paul E. and Thomas L. McNulty. 2005. "Beyond the Bell-Curve: Community Disadvantage and the Explanation of Black-White Differences in Adolescent Violence." Criminology 43:1135-1168.
McNulty, Thomas L. and Paul E. Bellair. 2003. "Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Violence: Structural Disadvantage, Family Well-Being, and Social Capital." Justice Quarterly 20:501-528.
McNulty, Thomas L. 2003. "Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Serious Adolescent Violent Behavior." Criminology 41:701-730.
McNulty, Thomas L. 2001. "Assessing the Race - Violence Relationship at the Macrolevel: The Assumption of Racial Invariance and the Problem of Restricted Distributions." Criminology 39:301-324.
McNulty, Thomas L. and Steven R. Holloway. 2000. "Race, Crime, and Public Housing in Atlanta: Testing a Conditional Effect Hypothesis." Social Forces 79:707-729.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
312 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-3194 (office)
706-542-4320 (fax)
tmcnulty@uga.edu
