Edward Rinalducci was appointed chair of the social sciences department at North Campus. He began his position on Jan. 2.
Rindalducci, 55, will work to increase enrollment and educate students on the value of higher education.
“In the social sciences, we aren’t engaged in the kind of education that other majors on campus are, putting people directly in specific jobs,” Rinalducci said. “We’re truly contributing to what higher education used to be; we are helping students develop a more sophisticated understanding of the world, whether it’s through political science, history, sociology [or] psychology.”
Rinalducci previously worked as a sociology professor at Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia for six years and at Georgia Southern University for more than 18 years.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and psychology from Florida State University in 1991, a master’s degree in psychology from Mississippi State University in 1993. Seven years later, he obtained a doctorate degree in sociology from GSU.
