Rita J. Simon is a University Professor at American University in Washington D.C.
She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1957. Professor Simon has been on the Faculty of the University of Chicago and
the University of Illinois. In 1968, 1970, and 1974 she taught as a visiting Professor at Hebrew University.

Professor Simon is the author and editor of 60 books on immigration, law, women’s issues, and transracial and inter-country adoption. She has edited the American Sociological Review, Justice Quarterly and is currently editor of Gender Issues. In 1968 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Professor Simon is President of Women’s Freedom Network. In 2000 Rita J. Simon Established the The Shula Ankary Foundation.