Paula Rayman was the founding director of the Radcliffe Public Policy Center at Harvard University. An economist and sociologist by training, she has provided leadership for innovative research and policy projects, including the New Economic Equation, the Radcliffe-Fleet Project (a work redesign initiative at Fleet), and the Work, Family, and Community in the Biotechnology Industry study. Rayman has extensive publications on work, family, and community issues, including writings about the impact of unemployment on families. Her most recent book, entitled Beyond the Bottom Line: The Search for Dignity at Work, was published in 2001 by St. Martin’s Press.  On Labor Day, The Boston Globe (9/3/01, A15) published Paula’s most recent editorial, “Finding the bridge to a balanced work life.”

This fall, Paula will begin a new initiative at the Harvard Divinity School as a Research Associate. She will continue to focus on issues related to employees’ right, responsibilities and their abilities to seek dignity at work.