Dr. Ruth Nemzoff  is currently a resident scholar at The Brandeis University’s Women’s studies Research Center and adjunct assistant professor at Bentley College. In her various roles as scholar, activist, and counselor she continuously endeavors to shed light on the fundamentally important relationships in people’s lives. Her wisdom and expertise on a remarkable range of topics such as family dynamics, gender, women in the workplace, communication, mothering, and Jewish education, to name but a few, is truly unique.

Nemzoff majored in American studies at Barnard College, and earned master’s degrees in counseling from Columbia University and in Social Policy at Harvard University. Her experience as a Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, a grass roots organizer, a counselor, and as a professor have given her a remarkable breadth of skill and knowledge.

She has also published articles about environmental advertising and women in business and politics. Dr. Nemzoff served on the boards of the NH United Way, NH Business Development Corporation, Boston’s Jewish Family and Children’s Services and of Newbury College. She worked with the NH Governor’s Commission on the status of Women, and Commission for the Handicapped. She founded a nursery school, a counseling service, and the National Women’s Legislative Lobby. Currently, she serves as the chair of the advisory committee, Center for Women and Politics, University of Massachusetts. In 2007, she received the Millicent McIntosh Award for life time contributions to Feminism from Barnard College of Columbia University.