Rosalind Chait Barnett, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University and Executive Director of its Community, Families & Work Program. Alone and with others, she has published over 110 articles, 39 chapters, and six books.  Her latest book, Same Difference: How Gender Myths are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children and our Jobs, written with Caryl Rivers, was published in paperback in 2004 by Basic Books. Her articles have appeared in both academic journals and in such general publications as The Washington  Post, The Boston Globe, The New York Times Sunday Magazine,  The Los Angeles Times, McCalls , Self, and Working Woman. Her major current  research interests are in (1) linkages between  utilization of workplace flexibility policies over time and employees' physical health; (2) employees' concerns about elders and adult relatives for whom they have responsibility and employees' own  well-being and job performance outcomes; and (3) associations between having a materially dependent young adult child and parents' own mental health. Dr. Barnett is the recipient of several national and international awards, including being recipient of the One  of the Top Five Downloaded Articles in Blackwell Synergy in 2005 Award,  the American Personnel and Guidance Association's Annual Award for  Outstanding Research, the Radcliffe College Graduate Society's  Distinguished Achievement Medal, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government's 1999 Goldsmith Research Award. A 1997 journal article co-authored with Robert Brennan received the "best paper" of 1997 award from the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Expertise: Dual Earner Families, Shift Workers, Afterschool Care, Elder Care,  Flexible Work Schedules, and Community, Work and Family