Rosalind Barnett

Who is Rosalind Barnett?

Rosalind Chait Barnett, Ph.D. is a social scientist and psychologist. Presently, she is a Senior Scientist at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University as well as an author and practitioner of clinical psychology. Her pioneering research on workplace issues and family life in America has been sponsored by major federal grants, and her work appears in major journals as well as in the popular press. She is often invited to lecture at major venues in the U.S. and abroad and has been hosting the annual Ann Richards Roundtable on Gender and the Media at Brandeis University for four successful years now.

Dr. Barnett attended Queens College and received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Harvard University. She has held research positions at the Harvard Business School, The Radcliffe Institute, the Henry A. Murray Research Institute at Harvard University, and the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women.

The National Institute of Mental Health funded her study of Family and Work Role Stress in Men, and a study of Patterns of Competence in Preschool Girls.