Executive Committee

Co-Chairs
Björn Krondorfer

Regents’ Professor, Director of the Martin-Springer Institute and Endowed Professor of Religious Studies
Northern Arizona University

Mark Celinscak
Leah and Paul Lewis Chair of Holocaust Studies, and Director of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
University of Texas at Dallas

Members
Mehnaz Afridi

Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Director of the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center
Manhattan University

Babafemi Akinrinade
Professor of Human Rights and Director of the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity
Western Washington University

Steven Carr (secretary)
Professor of Communication and Director of the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Purdue University Fort Wayne

Laura B. Cohen (website)
Executive Director of the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center
Queensborough Community College, CUNY

Sarah M. Cushman
Senior Lecturer in History and Director of the Holocaust Educational Foundation
Northwestern University

Asya Darbinyan
Executive Director, Chhange (Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education)
Brookdale Community College

Brian Farrell
Associate Professor of Instruction in Law and Associate Director of Center for Human Rights
University of Iowa

Chad S.A. Gibbs
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies
College of Charleston

Kate Gibeault
Director of the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Keene State College

Wolf Gruner
Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of History, and Founding Director of the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research
University of Southern California

Alex Hinton
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention
Rutgers University

Jacob Ari Labendz
Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Ramapo College of New Jersey

Jeanine Ntihirageza
Professor of TESOL and Director of the Center for Genocide and Human Rights Research in Africa and the Diaspora
Northeastern Illinois University

Francesca Parente
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
Christopher Newport University 

Tina Kempin Reuter
Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Human Rights
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Honorary Members
David Frey
Professor of History
United States Military Academy at West Point

Wendy Lower (past co-chair)
Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College