The Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (CGHR) has an internationally renowned group of advisers, faculty associates, and affiliated scholars who work on urgent world issues and come from perspectives ranging from global studies to the visual arts. CGHR is also proud to partner with Rutgers, domestic, and international partners.

People and Partners

Executive Committee +

Alexander Hinton

Alexander Hinton
Director, CGHR
Professor of Anthropology and Global Affairs
UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention
ahinton@rutgers.edu
 

CGHR - Nela Navarro

Nela Navarro  
Associate Director, Director of Education CGHR, Assistant Teaching Professor,
English- Department Writing Program
CGHR Executive Committee
nnavarro@english.rutgers.edu

 

Senior Research Fellows +

Robert Jay Lifton

Youk Chhang

Visiting Scholars +

Daniel Fernandez
Federico Gaitan Hairabedian
Igor Kotler
Luisa Visconti
Makiko Oku
Mohamed Alsiadi
Mohammed Alsiadi
Nalanda Roy
Natasha Zaretsky

Faculty Associates +

Mohamed Alsiadi
Program Leader, US-MidEast Program

Fran Bartkowski
Associate Professor of English
franb@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Anonda Bell
Associate Director
Paul Robeson Galleries, Newark

Karen E. Bishop
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, New Brunswick
kebishop@rci.rutgers.edu

Paul Boxer
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Newark

Dr. JD Bowers
Dean, Faculty Fellow, and Professor of Practice Honors College
jd.bowers@rutgers.edu

Ethel Brooks
Associate Professor of Sociology, New Brunswick
ebrooks@rci.rutgers.edu

Sherri-Ann Butterfield
Associate Professor of Sociology, Newark
sbutter@rutgers.edu

Ko-lin Chin
Professor of Criminal Justice, Newark
kochin@newark.rutgers.edu

Roger S. Clark
Board of Governors Professor of Law, Camden
rsclark@camlaw.rutgers.edu

Ira Cohen
Associate Professor of Sociology, Newark
icohen@rci.rutgers.edu

Jean-Marc Coicaud
Professor of Law and Global Affairs, Newark
Director, Division of Global Affairs, Newark
jeanmarc.coicaud@rutgers.edu

Jason Cortés
Assistant Professor of Spanish and US Latino Studies
Rutgers-Newark University

Jennifer Duprey-Colon
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Catalan Studies
jeduprey@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Brian Ferguson
Professor of Anthropology, Newark
bfergusn@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Yale H. Ferguson
Professor II of Political Science, Newark
yhfergus@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Bruce Franklin
John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies
hbf@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Janice Gallagher
Assistant Professor
Political Science, Newark
janice.gallagher@rutgers.edu

Rigoberto González 
Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing, Newark
Rigoberto70@aol.com

Douglas Greenberg 
Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New Brunswick
execdean@sas.rutgers.edu

Archer St.Clair Harvey
Professor of Art History, New Brunswick
Director, Cultural and Preservation Studies
astch@rci.rutgers.edu

Carol Henderson
Faculty Associate of Anthropology, Newark
Chenderson96@aol.com

Alex Hinton 
Executive Director
Professor of Anthropology and Global Affairs, Newark
ahinton@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Kimberly DaCosta Holton
Associate Professor of Classical and Modern Languages, Newark
kholton@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Taras Hunczak
Professor Emeritus of Russian, Ukranian, and East European History 
thunczak@andromeda.rutgers.edu 

Lee Jussim
Professor of Psychology, New Brunswick
jussim@rci.rutgers.edu

Peter C. Kahn
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, New Brunswick
kahn@aesop.rutgers.edu

Gabriela Kütting
Associate Professor of Political Science, Newark
kutting@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Kevin Kolben
Assistant Professor of Business, Newark
kkolben@rbs.rutgers.edu

Richard Langhorne
Professor of Political Science, Newark
langhorn@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Thomas La Pointe 
Director of Education
Assistant Professor
Department of Composition and Literature
Bergen Community College

Michael G. Levine
Professor of German and Comp. Lit., New Brusnwick
mglevine@rci.rutgers.edu

Jack Levy
Board of Governors' Professor of Political Science, New Brunswick
jacklevy@rci.rutgers.edu

Roy Licklider
Professor of Political Science, New Brunswick
licklide@rci.rutgers.edu

Laura Lomas
Associate Professor

Fran Mascia-Lees
Professor and Chair of Anthropology, New Brunswick
FMascialees@anthropology.rutgers.edu

Saul Mendlovitz
Dag Hammarskjold Professor of Peace and World Order Studies Emeritus
Rutgers School of Law, Newark
smendlovitz@kinoy.rutgers.edu

Manus I Midlarsky
Moses and Annuta Back Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, 
Department of Political Science, New Brunswick
midlarsk@rci.rutgers.edu

Sean T. Mitchell
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Newark

Alexander Motyl
Professor of Political Science
ajmotyl@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Nela Navarro
Associate Director, Director of Education CGHR, Assistant Teaching Professor,
English- Department Writing Program
CGHR Executive Committee
nela.navarro@rutgers.edu

Richard M. O’Meara
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Global Affairs
omearar@msn.com

Mark Robson
Dean and Professor
School of Environmental and Biological Science
Rutgers, New Brusnwick
robson@aesop.rutgers.edu

Isaias Rojas-Perez
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Newark
isaias@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Said S. Samatar
Professor of History, Newark
samatar@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Norman Samuels
Provost Emeritus and University Professor of Political Science, Newark
samuelsn@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Kurt Schock
Associate Professor of Sociology, Newark
kschock@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Arlene Stein
Associate Professor of Sociology, New Brunswick
arlenes@rci.rutgers.edu

Genese Sodikoff
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Newark
sodikoff@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Asbed Vassilian
Professor of Chemistry, New Brunswick
asbed@rutchem.rutgers.edu

Bruce W. Wilshire
Professor II of Philosophy, New Brunswick
wilshire@rci.rutgers.edu

Odoric Y. K. Wou
Professor of History, Newark
wou@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Lemkin Fellows +

2018 Fellows:

Zala Jalali

Kelsey Lizotte

2019 Fellow:

Veenit Singh

Student Associates +

2020-2021

Lillian Hussong

Wamia Sidiqqi

2021-2022

Amanda Smalfus

Zoe Reich 

2022-2023

No current associates

CGHR Alumni +

To be announced

Rutgers & Domestic Partners +

International Partners +

TRANSNATIONAL

International Association of Genocide Scholars

ARGENTINA

Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Center of Genocide Studies
Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Buenos Aires, Argentina

ARMENIA

Armenian Genocide Memorial Museum and Institute 
Yerevan, Armenia

AUSTRALIA

Globalism Research Centre &
Australian Centre for Human Rights Education 
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

BOSNIA

Institute for the Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law of the Sarajevo University 
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

CANADA

Centre for Human Rights Research
University of Manibota
Winnipeg, Canada

Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DENMARK

Danish Institute for International Studies
Copenhagen, Denmark

ENGLAND

Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence 
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England

GEORGIA

International School for Caucuases Studies
Ilia State University, Tbilizi, Georgia

KENYA

National Cohesion and Integration Commission
Nairobi, Kenya

LIBERIA

Kofi A. Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation
University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia

NORWAY

Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Norway (HL senteret)
Oslo, Norway

RUSSIA

Russian State University for the Humanities
Moscow, Russia

RWANDA

Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies Center
Kigali, Rwanda

Centre for Conflict Management 
National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda

SPAIN

International Catalan Institute for Peace
Barcelona, Spain

UKRAINE

Krytyka Institute
Kiev, Ukraine