About the Author

Carol Goodman Kaufman received her Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from the Colorado State University, where her research focused on gender in the workplace. She has taught psychology at the College of the Holy Cross and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. As Visiting Scholar at the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University, she conducted research on several types of violence, including spousal abuse. The latter resulted in her book, Sins of Omission: The Jewish Community's Reaction to DomesticViolence (Westview Press, 2003).

Dr. Kaufman has worked in Fortune 500 companies and been a consultant in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, published numerous articles in the academic and general press, and presented in a variety of public forums. She has also been a leader of several Jewish organizations at the local, regional, and national levels, giving her an insider's view that has helped shape her unique perspective in looking at the community.