Vitae Julie N. Zimmerman Coughenour Professor of Rural Sociology Department of Community and Leadership Development University of Kentucky email: [email protected] CURRENT POSITION Professor. Rural Sociology. Department of Community and Leadership Development. University of Kentucky. 2013-present. Dr. and Mrs. C. Milton Coughenour Rural Sociology Professor (2015-2018 and 2018-2020) Joint Appointment, Department of Sociology. University of Kentucky. (2002-present) Graduate Faculty, Department of Community and Leadership Development. University of Kentucky (2002-present) Graduate Faculty, Department of Sociology. University of Kentucky. (2002-present) Faculty Affiliate, Appalachian Center. University of Kentucky, (2014- present) Historian, Rural Sociological Society. (2009 – present) Director, Kentucky: By The Numbers. University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension. (1998-present) EDUCATION Ph.D. Cornell University, Development Sociology. January, 1997. Brown University, Graduate Study. Sociology/Demography. 1987-1988. M.A. Kansas State University, Sociology. 1987. B.A. Bemidji State University, Sociology. Cum Laude. 1985. AWARDS Certificate of Appreciation. Rural Sociological Society. Recognition for Historian’s contributions to the Society. 2019. Poster Award. Honorable Mention. Stone, Morgan* and Julie N. Zimmerman. 2019. “Increasing Reclaiming Forgotten Connections.” Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Richmond, VA. August, 2019. Nominated. Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award. American Sociological Association, History of Sociology Section. Opening Windows onto Hidden Lives: Women, Country Life, and Early Rural Sociological Research. J.N. Zimmerman and Olaf F. Larson (Penn State Press). 2013. Certificate of Appreciation. Rural Sociological Society. Recognition for Historian’s contributions to the RSS 75th Anniversary. 2012. Poster Award. Honorable Mention. Frank, Sarah Michelle,* and Julie N. Zimmerman. 2005. “Food in Floyd: A Case Study of Food Cost Disparity in Rural Areas.” Research Poster Session. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. August, 2005. Chicago, IL Poster Award. Honorable Mention. Zimmerman, Julie N. and Nicole Breazeale*. 2002. “Funding TANF and the South: Does the Regional Divide Continue?” Research Poster Session. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. August, 2002. Chicago, IL. Outstanding New Extension Specialist. Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists. 2001. Julie N. Zimmerman. Professor, Rural Sociology 2 ACADEMIC HONORS Alpha Kappa Delta (International Sociology Honor Society). Gamma Sigma Delta (Honor Society of Agriculture). Alpha Phi Sigma (Scholastic Fraternity). RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS Current Research Projects (* = graduate student) 1. Digitizing Book Manuscript on the Black Farmer (originally written by Minnie Brown and Olaf F. Larson.) w/ Dorian Cleveland. Jr. MANNRS. Carter G. Woodson Academy at Frederick Douglas High School. Spring 2019. 2. 2018 Rural Price Project. w/ Karen Rignall and Cameron McAlister*. Department of Community and Leadership Development. 2016-present. 3. Rural Food Price Restudy. w/ Katherine Engle, Julia Miller*, Cameron McAllister*. Department of Sociology and Department of Community and Leadership Development. 2016-present. 4. A Century of Scholarship and Service: Celebrating 100 Years of Rural and Development Sociology at Cornell. History of first Department of Rural Sociology in the United States. Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University. 2015-present. 5. Rural Data and the American Community Survey. w/ Tony Love. Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky. 2014-present. 6. RSS Oral History Project. Historian, Rural Sociological Society. The RSS Oral History Project is ongoing research documenting and assessing the history of Rural Sociology and the Rural Sociological Society (RSS). 2010-present. Research Grants and Funding 1. “The Many Shapes and Sizes of Rural Higher Education: An Exploration of Private Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities in Rural America.” Faculty collaborator with J. Jared Friesen. Beers Fellowship. (The Beers Fellowship supports student-led collaborative research project with a graduate faculty member.) Department of Sociology. University of Kentucky. Summer 2016. 2. “A Century of Scholarship and Service: Celebrating 100 Years of Rural and Development Sociology at Cornell.” Commissioned Research. Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University. 2015-2016. ($2,000) 3. “Is It Just Food? Geographic Differences in the Cost of Living.” Julie N. Zimmerman and Sunny (Seonok) Ham, Department of Nutrition and Food Science. University of Kentucky. Food Assistance Research Mini-Grant Program. Southern Rural Development Center with the Economic Research Service, USDA. September, 2005-December, 2006. ($30,000). 4. Research Activity Award. Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky. To add 2 additional counties to the research grant “Is It Just Food? Geographic Differences in the Cost of Living” from the Southern Rural Development Center and support graduate student participation in the research. Jan 6–May 2006. ($2,100) 5. “Determinants of Spatial Variation in Food Stamp Program Participation Dynamics.” Stephan Goetz and Julie N. Zimmerman. Joint Center for Poverty Research. Food Assistance Research Grants. August, 2001. 6. “The Impacts and Outcomes of Welfare Reform across Rural and Urban Places in Kentucky” Patricia Dyk and Julie N. Zimmerman. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Policy Outcome Grants. October, 1999-October 2000. Julie N. Zimmerman. Professor, Rural Sociology 3 7. “Economic Downturns and Welfare Reform: An Exploratory County-Level Analysis.” Stephan Goetz, University of Kentucky; Fisseha Tegegne, Tennessee State University; Julie N. Zimmerman, University of Kentucky; S. P. Singh, Tennessee State University; and David L. Debertin, University of Kentucky. Food Assistance Research Mini-Grant Program. Southern Rural Development Center with the Economic Research Service, USDA. October, 1998. Agricultural Experiment Station Projects 1. “Assessing the Impacts of Welfare Reform on Individual, Family, and Community Well-being: A Focus on the Rural South.” Multi-State Agricultural Experiment Station research project S-298. Approved August 2000. Project Chair, 2002-4. Vice Chair, 2004-2005. 2. “Sociology in Government: The Galpin-Taylor Years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919- 1953.” U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, and Cornell University, Agricultural Experiment Station Project 159329. Cornell University. 1991-2002. Applied Funding 1. “Boone County Agriculture Profile.” Boone County Conservation District. Burlington, KY. September 2009-September 2010. ($2,500). 2. “Current and Future Trends in Housing for Pulaski County, Kentucky.” Housing Authority of Somerset. Somerset, Kentucky. August 2003-October 2003. ($3,000). 3. “Research Database on Welfare Reform in Rural Areas.” Julie N. Zimmerman. Rural Policy Research Institute. National Rural Welfare Reform Initiative. June-August, 1999. Development Grants 1. “Assessing the Design and First Results of National Evaluation Studies of Welfare Reform.” Research Group in Work, Education, Poverty, and Social Policy. University of Kentucky Graduate School. Grant to fund speakers. (Speakers held in April 24th and June 16th, 1998. Research Roundtables held April 25th and June 17th, 1998). 2. “Research and Leadership Development in Appalachian Kentucky Welfare Reform.” University of Kentucky. Extramural Faculty-Team Grant Development Program. (Speaker held on April 25th, 1998.) Other Grants 1. Research Activity Award. Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky. Funding assistance for indexing of final manuscript for book with Olaf F. Larson. Opening Windows onto Hidden Lives: Women, Country Life, and Early Rural Sociological Research. September, 2010.. 2. Research Activity Award. Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky. Travel assistance to complete final manuscript for book with Olaf F. Larson. Opening Windows onto Hidden Lives: Women, Country Life, and Early Rural Sociological Research. November, 2008.. 3. Research Activity Award. Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky. To fund graduate student conference travel to present research. August, 2005.. 4. Equipment Grant. Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky. August, 2003.. 5. Equipment Grant. Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky. August, 2004.. Julie N. Zimmerman. Professor, Rural Sociology 4 PUBLICATIONS Books 1. Zimmerman, Julie N. In progress. A Century of Scholarship and Service: 100 Years of Rural and Development Sociology at Cornell. Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University. 2. Zimmerman, Julie N. and Olaf F. Larson. 2010. Opening Windows onto Hidden Lives: Women, Country Life, and Early Rural Sociological Research. Rural Sociological Society. Rural Studies Series. Penn State University Press: University Park, PA. December, 2010. Nominated: Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award. American Sociological Association History of Sociology Section. 2013 3. Larson, Olaf F. and Julie N. Zimmerman, with the assistance of Edward O. Moe. 2003. Sociology in Government: The Galpin-Taylor Years in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919-1953.