She served for six years as Director of the GSWS Program at UVM and as a Commissioner on the Vermont Commission on Women and President of United Academics, the UVM faculty union (AFT/AAUP). She has worked for congressional committees and think tanks in Washington, D.C. Kornbluh holds a B.A. from Harvard-Radcliffe and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. Her books include The Battle for Welfare Rights (2007) and Ensuring Poverty: Welfare Reform in Feminist Perspective (forthcoming, 2018). Her articles have appeared in a wide array of academic and non-academic journals. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.