Linda Rennie Forcey joined the faculty in the School of Education and Human Development at the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1978. Her academic interests included peace and conflict resolution studies, women's studies, American politics, and international relations. She also won a University Award for Excellence in Teaching for the 1983–84 academic year. She published one monograph, Mothers of Sons: Toward an Understanding of Responsibility; and, among other publications, co-edited Mothering: Ideology, Experience, and Agency with Evelyn Nakano Glenn and Grace Chang.