Life After the Center

As Holocaust museums and memorials proliferate, Center alumni are poised to assume leadership positions. Indeed they are doing just that as they continue to embrace opportunities for further research and public service. As the only program to provide doctoral education in Holocaust History and Genocide Studies, the Center is proud to serve as a training ground for future curators, education directors, and historians who will advance the field and enhance the education of teachers, students, and the public. Their activities, reported below, attest to the value of the Center’s enterprise of rigorous doctoral education.

Beth Cohen,Ph.D.

"Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America, 1946-1954" Graduated, October 2003.

Employment:

Weinstein Gold Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust History at Chapman University, Orange, CA.

Sarah Cushman, Ph.D

"The Women of Birkenau" Graduated, October 2010.

Employment:

Assistant Director of Youth Education, Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, New York,

Tiberiu Galis

“Transitional Justice and Transition to a New Regime: Making Sense of Uncertain Times”

Employment:

Executive Director, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, New York and Poland

Naama Haviv, MA

"The Pre-Conditions for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ through ‘Population Transfer’: The Case of Israel-Palestine" Graduated MA, October 2006.

Employment:

Assistant Director, Jewish World Watch, Los Angeles, CA

Jeffrey Koerber (ABD)

“Born in the Borderlands: Jewish Youth and Their Response to Oppression and Genocide, 1933–1948"

Employment:

Claims Conference Academic Fellow for Advanced Shoah Studies

Robin Krause

"German Opposition to Genocide: The Case of the Herero, 1904-1907"

Ilana Offenberger, Ph.D

"The Nazification of Vienna and the Response of the Viennese Jews" Graduated, May 2010.

Employment:

National/International Program Coordinator, Facing History and Ourselves, Brookline, MA

Christine Schmidt, Ph.D.

"The Plateau of Hospitality: Jewish Refugee Life on the Plateau Vivarais-Lignon" Graduated, October 2003.

Employment:

Communications Officer, Public Interest Law Institute, Budapest, Hungary

Lotta Stone, Ph.D.

"Seeking Asylum: Jewish Refugees to South Africa 1930-1948" Graduated, May 2010.

Employment:

Museum and Collections Associate, Middleton Place National Historic Trust,Charleston, SC