Consulting

Ruth advises multi-national corporations and other organizations facing interferences and complications from autocratic forces in the US and abroad. She also advises civil society organizations on democracy protection strategies, and faith institutions that wish to educate their congregations about the dangers of authoritarianism and what to do to counter it. In 2022 she advised the House Select January 6th Committee, sitting for two interviews and writing a report (read an excerpt here). 

Ruth also consults on documentary and fiction film and television projects on authoritarian regimes past and present. Her on-camera contributions to documentaries such as Netflix’s To Become a Tyrant and PBS’s The Dictators’ Playbook. From concept and story development, script and storyboard review, and fact-checking to review of rough and final cuts, Ruth helps production companies create compelling historical narratives. She served as the historical consultant for Guillermo del Toro’s BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award-winning film Pinocchio (2022), which is set in Fascist Italy, and on Joe Berlinguer’s Netflix docuseries Hitler and the Nazis. Evil on Trial (2024).  Read more about her work in this area here and here.