Amy Mittelman

Amy Mittelman’s lived experience as the wife of a college professor is the underpinning for Dames, Dishes, and Degrees. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, and has a PhD in history from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Massachusetts.

She won the Ruth A. Smith Writing Award from the University of Massachusetts and is the author of Brewing Battles: A History of American Beer (2007). Amy has also published two articles as well as essays, reviews, and reference works. She’s written over 600 blog posts.

She was a Five College Women’s Studies Research Center Associate for the academic year 2010-2011. In the past, Amy had a business, Academic Publicity, which helped scholarly authors promote their books. She helped at least one author get his book published in paperback.

Amy has been a historian, a mother, a businesswoman, a nurse, and a published author. She has always brought skills, resources, and lessons from previous endeavors to each new one. This is typical for women.