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.

She wrote Sins of Omission: The Jewish Community's Reaction to Domestic Violence (Westview Press, 2003) while Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University's Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict. Her current research, also at Brudnick, focuses on two different areas. In the first, she is exploring what happens to the children of abusive divorcing parents in the probate and family court system. The second project, in which she has teamed with Brudnick Director Gordana Rabrenovic, involves interviewing former terrorists who have renounced violence and are now working toward peaceful conflict resolution.

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 also serves in leadership positions with several local, regional and national charitable and volunteer organizations.