Kerry Whigham

• Associate Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Kerry Whigham is Associate Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University and Co-Director of its Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP). He received a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University. He has published articles in Genocide Studies and Prevention, The Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, Tourist Studies, Material Culture, and Museum and Society, and has written chapters for several edited volumes. His first book, Resonant Violence: Affect, Memory, and Activism in Post-Genocide Societies, was published by Rutgers University Press in 2022. He is the Communications Officer and a member of the executive board for the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS).

In addition to his academic work, he is the Director of Research and Online Educaiton at the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities​, an international non-governmental organization that works with over 80 countries around the world on creating public policy for the protection of vulnerable groups and the prevention of mass atrocities.

• –present Assistant Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York

• 2016 New York University, Ph.D. in Performance Studies

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