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Renzetti graduated from the [[University of Delaware]] with a Ph.D. in Sociology, in 1982. The title of her dissertation was: ''Purity vs. Politics: The Legislation of Morality in Progressive New York, 1890-1920''. [WIP, citations available]
Renzetti graduated from the [[University of Delaware]] with a Ph.D. in Sociology, in 1982. The title of her dissertation was: ''Purity vs. Politics: The Legislation of Morality in Progressive New York, 1890-1920''. [WIP, citations available]


She is Associate Director, Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and Professor and Chairperson, in the Department of Sociology, [[University of Kentucky]].<ref name=":0" />
She was an assistant professor of sociology at [[Saint Joseph's University]] from 1981 to 2006 and a professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work at the [[University of Dayton]] from 2006 to 2010. In 2010 she moved to the University of Kentucky. She is Associate Director, Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and Professor and Chairperson, in the Department of Sociology, [[University of Kentucky]].<ref name=":0" />

She was an assistant professor of sociology at [[Saint Joseph's University]] from 1981 to 2006 and a professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work at the [[University of Dayton]] from 2006 to 2010. In 2010 she moved to the University of Kentucky.


Her research interests are: criminology and sociology of law, gender studies and family sociology.
Her research interests are: criminology and sociology of law, gender studies and family sociology.

Revision as of 00:16, 24 May 2023

Claire M. Renzetti (born 1957) is an American sociologist and criminologist, and Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women at the University of Kentucky. She is a professor at the Department of Sociology and at the Center for Research on Violence Against Women.[1]  In 2005/06 she served as President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.[2]

Career

Renzetti graduated from the University of Delaware with a Ph.D. in Sociology, in 1982. The title of her dissertation was: Purity vs. Politics: The Legislation of Morality in Progressive New York, 1890-1920. [WIP, citations available]

She was an assistant professor of sociology at Saint Joseph's University from 1981 to 2006 and a professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work at the University of Dayton from 2006 to 2010. In 2010 she moved to the University of Kentucky. She is Associate Director, Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and Professor and Chairperson, in the Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky.[1]

Her research interests are: criminology and sociology of law, gender studies and family sociology.

References

  1. ^ a b "CRE227". soc.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  2. ^ "The Society for the Study of Social Problems | Past Presidents, Vice-Presidents & Editors". www.sssp1.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.