Director, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School
Leading researcher and social policy expert on women's issues, work-family balance, and community engagement.
Ann Bookman comes to UMass Boston with three decades of experience in academia and government. She has directed several university-based research centers, including the MIT Workplace Center at the Sloan School of Management, where she oversaw research on redesigning the workplace to ensure gender equity and family support, including child care and elder care.
She was also appointed by President Bill Clinton as policy and research director of the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor. In that post, Bookman was executive director of a bipartisan commission that studied the impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act on workers and employers. She was principal author of the commission's report to Congress, "A Workable Balance."
Bookman was a senior research scientist with the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, and also worked as an associate at its Center for Youth and Communities. At Heller, she conducted research on healthy aging, innovative models for building aging-friendly communities, and food insecurity among African American and Latino elders in Boston, the majority of whom are women. She also leads evaluation research projects funded by the AARP Foundation and the Washington Area Women's Foundation.
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Ann Bookman comes to UMass Boston with three decades of experience in academia and government. She has directed several university-based research centers, including the MIT Workplace Center at the Sloan School of Management, where she oversaw research on redesigning the workplace to ensure gender equity and family support, including child care and elder care.
She was also appointed by President Bill Clinton as policy and research director of the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor. In that post, Bookman was executive director of a bipartisan commission that studied the impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act on workers and employers. She was principal author of the commission's report to Congress, "A Workable Balance."
Bookman was a senior research scientist with the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, and also worked as an associate at its Center for Youth and Communities. At Heller, she conducted research on healthy aging, innovative models for building aging-friendly communities, and food insecurity among African American and Latino elders in Boston, the majority of whom are women. She also leads evaluation research projects funded by the AARP Foundation and the Washington Area Women's Foundation.
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About Ann Bookman
Leading researcher and social policy expert on women's issues, work-family balance, and community engagement.
Ann Bookman comes to UMass Boston with three decades of experience in academia and government. She has directed several university-based research centers, including the MIT Workplace Center at the Sloan School of Management, where she oversaw research on redesigning the workplace to ensure gender equity and family support, including child care and elder care.
She was also appointed by President Bill Clinton as policy and research director of the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor. In that post, Bookman was executive director of a bipartisan commission that studied the impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act on workers and employers. She was principal author of the commission's report to Congress, "A Workable Balance."
Bookman was a senior research scientist with the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, and also worked as an associate at its Center for Youth and Communities. At Heller, she conducted research on healthy aging, innovative models for building aging-friendly communities, and food insecurity among African American and Latino elders in Boston, the majority of whom are women. She also leads evaluation research projects funded by the AARP Foundation and the Washington Area Women's Foundation.
Ann Bookman comes to UMass Boston with three decades of experience in academia and government. She has directed several university-based research centers, including the MIT Workplace Center at the Sloan School of Management, where she oversaw research on redesigning the workplace to ensure gender equity and family support, including child care and elder care.
She was also appointed by President Bill Clinton as policy and research director of the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor. In that post, Bookman was executive director of a bipartisan commission that studied the impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act on workers and employers. She was principal author of the commission's report to Congress, "A Workable Balance."
Bookman was a senior research scientist with the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, and also worked as an associate at its Center for Youth and Communities. At Heller, she conducted research on healthy aging, innovative models for building aging-friendly communities, and food insecurity among African American and Latino elders in Boston, the majority of whom are women. She also leads evaluation research projects funded by the AARP Foundation and the Washington Area Women's Foundation.
| Present | Clinical Professor, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston | |
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| Present | Director, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston | |
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