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Ruth Nemzoff

Resident Scholar, Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center

Topics of expertise
  • Aging
  • Biracial/Multicultural Children and Interracial/Multicultural Families
  • Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities)

Email: rnemzoff@brandeis.edu

Dr. Ruth Nemzoff, author of Don’t Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws into Family (Palgrave/ Mcmillan Sept. 2012) and Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with Your Adult Children (Palgrave/Mcmillan 2008) is a resident scholar at Brandeis’s Women’s Studies Research Center. She holds a doctorate in social policy from Harvard University, an MA in counseling from Columbia University and BA from Barnard College. She is a frequent blogger for Huffington Post, and is the advice columnist for American Israelite.

Last Updated: 9/9/25