Rosalind Barnett


Rosalind C. Barnett, Ph.D. is an award-winning research psychologist, prolific author, and frequent keynote speaker. Her pioneering research on workplace issues and family life in America has been sponsored by major federal and private-foundation grants, and her work appears in leading academic 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. She has been identified as one of the top 25 work-family researchers in the world.
Barnett attended Queens College and received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Harvard University. She has held senior research positions at the Henry A. Murray Research Institute at Harvard University, the Wellesley College Centers for Women, and Brandeis University.
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. The National Science Foundation funded a study of Women in the Middle Years and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has funded her research on work/family issues. She is often invited to lecture at major venues in the U.S. and abroad, including such countries as Canada, Portugal, U.K., Grand Canary Islands, Hungary, Greece, Ireland, and various cities throughout the U.S. Her primary areas of expertise include the work-family interface, gender similarities and differences, gender stereotypes, obstacles confronting women in the workplace, and ongoing adaptations to an aging workforce.
She writes a blog for Psychology Today, entitled, A Woman's Place. Her website is: rosalindbarnettphd.com.
Barnett has published numerous books and articles with co-author Caryl Rivers, Professor of Journalism at Boston University.

Fellowships and honors

Editorial Board: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Consulting Editor:

Publications

Books

Barnett, R. C. & Rivers, C.. The age of longevity: Reimagining tomorrow for our new long lives, New York, Rowman & Littlefield.
Rivers, C., & Barnett, R. C.. The new soft war against Women: Why the US economy will falter if it succeeds, New York, Tarcher/Penguin.
Rivers, C., & Barnett, R. C.. Truth about girls and boys: Challenging toxic stereotypes about our children, New York, Columbia University Press.
Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C.. Same difference: How gender myths are hurting our relationships, our children, and our jobs. New York: Basic Books.
Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C.. She works/he works: How two-income families are happier, healthier and better off. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Barnett, R. C., Biener, L., & Baruch, G. K... Gender and stress. New York: Free Press.
Baruch, G., Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C.. Life prints: New patterns of love and work for today’s women. New York: Signet.
Rivers, C., Barnett, R. C., & Baruch, G. K.. Beyond sugar and spice. New York: G.P. Putnam’s.
Barnett, R., & Baruch, G. K. The competent woman: Perspectives on socialization. New York: Irvington/Halstead.
Tagiuri, R., Lawrence, P. R., Barnett, R. C., & Dunphy, D.. Behavioral science concepts in case analysis: The relationship of ideas to management action. Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University.

Selected works

Chapters

  1. Barnett, R. C., & Sabattini, L.. A short history of women in science: From stone walls to invisible walls. In American Enterprise Institute, Women and science. Washington, DC.
  2. Barnett, R. C., & Gareis, K. C.. Community: The critical missing link in work-family research. In A. Marcus-Newhall, D. F. Halpern & S. J. Tan, Changing realities of work and family: A multidisciplinary approach. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  3. Barnett, R. C., & Gareis, K. C.. Dual-earner couples: Good/bad for her and/or him? In D. F. Halpern & S. Murphy, Tilting the scale on work-family balance: How work and families can benefit from work-family integration. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  4. Barnett, R. C.. Women, leadership and the natural order. In B. Kellerman & D. Rhode, Women & leadership: State of play and strategies for change. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.
  5. Barnett, R. C.. Relationship of the number and distribution of work hours to health and quality-of-life outcomes. In P. L. Perrewe & D. C. Gangster, Research in Occupational Stress and Well
  6. Barnett, R. C.. Role stress/strain and work-family. Sloan Work and Family Encyclopedia. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/wfnetwork/rft/wfpedia/wfpRSSent.html.
  7. Barnett, R. C.. Work-family balance. In J. Worell, Encyclopedia of Gender. San Diego: Academic Press.
  8. Barnett, R. C. Gender, job stress and illness. In J. M. Stellman Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Office.
  9. Barnett, R. C.. Multiple roles, gender, and psychological distress. In L. Goldberger, & S. Breznitz, Handbook of stress: Theoretical and clinical aspects . New York: Free Press.

    Peer-reviewed articles

  10. Barnett, R. C.. Women and multiple roles: Myths and reality. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 12, 158-164.
  11. Barnett, R. C.. Women and work: Where are we, where did we come from, and where are we going? Journal of Social Issues, 60, 667-674.
  12. Barnett, R. C., & Brennan, R. T.. The relationship between job experiences and psychological distress: A structural equation approach. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 16, 259-276.
  13. Barnett, R. C., Brennan, R. T., Raudenbush, S. W., Pleck, J. H., & Marshall, N. L.. Change in job and marital experiences and change in psychological distress: A longitudinal study of dual-earner couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,69, 839-850. Listed in International Bibliography of Social Sciences: Sociology. London: Routledge, 1995.
  14. Barnett, R. C., & Hyde, J.S.. Women, men, work and family: An expansionist theory. The American Psychologist, 56, 781-796.
  15. Barnett, R. C., Marshall, N. L., Raudenbush, S., & Brennan, R.. Gender and the relationship between job experiences and psychological distress: A study of dual-earner couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 794-806.
  16. Barnett, R.C., & Brennan, R. T.. Change in job conditions, change in psychological distress, and gender: A longitudinal study of dual-earner couples. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 18, 253-274. Awarded “Best Paper of 1997” by the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Also awarded “Citation of Excellence, Highest Quality Rating” by ANBAR Electronic Intelligence.
  17. Brennan, R. T., Barnett, R. C., & Gareis, K. C.. When she earns more than he does: A longitudinal study of dual-earner couples. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63, 168-182.

    Articles in popular media

  18. Rivers, C. & Barnett, R., New research: How girls can win in math and science, The Daily Beast, retrieved from http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/11/new-research-how-girls-can-win-in-math-and-science.html
  19. Rivers, C., & Barnett, R., ’Glass Escalators” Move pink-collar guys ahead, Women’s eNews, retrieved from http://womensenews.org/story/equal-payfair-wage/120601/%E2%80%98glass-escalators%E2%80%99-move-pink-collar-guys-ahead.
  20. Rivers, C., & Barnett, R. Working in America: The myth of men in decline. Los Angeles Times, retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/07/opinion/la-oe-rivers-are-men-obsolete-20121007
  21. Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, R.. Why Science Doesn’t Support Single-Sex Classes. Education Week, retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/02/17/21barnett.h31.html?tkn=XNPFPP3DSaPBokSRePilYv9tz%2FsDy4SQ5jGa&cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS1.
  22. Rivers, C. & Barnett R. How the news media peddle junk science, AJR, December 2011/January 2012 Issue, retrieved from http://www.ajr.org/article_printable.asp?id=5212
  23. Barnett, R.. The looming male backlash. The Daily Beast, retrieved from http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/03/26/study-womens-gains-make-men-anxious.html
  24. Barnett, R., & Rivers, C.. Differences should not drive a curriculum. The Boston Globe. Opinion.
  25. Rivers, C., & Barnett, R. C.. The difference myth. Boston Globe, pp. 1. Also in B. Rendtorff & A. Prengel, Jahrbuch Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der Erziehungswissenschaft Kinder und ihr Geschlecht. Leverkusen, Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
  26. Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C.. The myth of the boy crisis. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, pp. H-1.
  27. Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C.. Myths about gender differences. The Chronicle Review, pp. B11-B13.
  28. Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C.. The “Epidemic” of childlessness. The Boston Globe, pp. Metro/Region, A11.
  29. Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C.. Mommy gap is widening. The Boston Globe, pp. A19.

    Presentations

  30. Barnett, R.. Women's journey toward equality: Where we are and the path ahead. Paper presented at the Anne Row award ceremony, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge.
  31. Barnett, R. C.. Understanding the role of pervasive negative gender stereotypes: What can be done? Keynote at The Way forward-Women in Science, Heidelberg, Germany.
  32. Barnett, R. C., & Rivers, C.. Gender Myths & Education. Keynote at NAIS Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
  33. Barnett, R. C.. Single sex schools: A biological imperative? Benefits of Co-Education. Wellington College, UK.
  34. Barnett, R. C.. Community: The missing link in the work-family literature Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology; Work and Families: Changing Realities, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
  35. Barnett, R. C.. The trouble with work time. Invited paper. 2005 Public Seminar Series of the International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London.
  36. Barnett, R. C.. An expanded model of the job stress-illness relationship. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Kos, Greece.
  37. Barnett, R. C.. Toward a reconceptualization of the work/family literature: Work in progress. Paper presented at the meeting of the Sloan Foundation Research Network on Work Redesign and Work/Family. Jekyll Island, Georgia.
  38. Barnett, R. C.. Women, work, and psychological distress: Challenging conventional wisdom. Invited paper. Novo Nordisk International Symposium, Realities of Midlife in Women, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  39. Barnett, R. C.. The effects of work-role quality, family-role occupancy, and family-role quality on health outcomes. Wenner-Gren Foundation and MacArthur Foundation Symposium on Women, Work and Health. Stockholm, Sweden.