10 Facts About Shulamit Reinharz

Shulamit Reinharz was born on 1946 and was the Jacob Potofsky Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University until 2017.

Shulamit Reinharz was the founding director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute in 1997 and founder and director of the Women's Studies Research Center in 2001.

Shulamit Reinharz was named after the Shulamite to whom the biblical Solomon sung the Song of Songs.

Shulamit Reinharz began her career in 1970 at Simmons School of Social Work.

Shulamit Reinharz taught her first course in women's studies at Michigan in 1979.

In 1997, Shulamit Reinharz was chosen as founding director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, after she had chaired the National Commission on American Jewish Women for the organization.

Between 1997 and 2000, Shulamit Reinharz, after being denied help from Brandeis administrators, raised over $2.4 million to renovate a derelict building and oversaw its design and construction to house the Women's Studies Research Center.

In 2001, Shulamit Reinharz stepped down as director of the women's studies program, when she became founding director of the center, though she continued to publish and edit the research of others, authoring over 60 articles and a dozen books throughout her career.

Shulamit Reinharz retired in 2017 from her post as the Jacob Potofsky Professor of Sociology and as director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and in honor of the occasion Nashim dedicated its 32nd, 33rd, and 34th issues to her.

Shulamit Reinharz currently serves as a member of the advisory board of the Remember the Women Institute.