{"id":27,"date":"2026-01-21T10:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:48:07","slug":"undergraduate-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/undergraduate-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-gray-400-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Morgan-Blum-Schneider.2021-scaled-e1636395441167-535x340-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Morgan-Blum-Schneider.2021-scaled-e1636395441167-535x340-1.avif 535w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/Morgan-Blum-Schneider.2021-scaled-e1636395441167-535x340-1-300x191.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-morgan-blum-schneider-02\">Morgan Blum Schneider \u201802<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Director, JFCS Holocaust Center (San Francisco)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEducation continues to be our greatest tool in fighting hate and confronting antisemitism. We must invest in the future of our society, work together, and use our voices. The next generation is watching us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-gray-400-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/New-Headshot-scaled-e1636725542944-535x340-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/New-Headshot-scaled-e1636725542944-535x340-1.avif 535w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/New-Headshot-scaled-e1636725542944-535x340-1-300x191.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rabbi-josh-franklin\">Rabbi Josh Franklin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rabbi Josh Franklin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI became a rabbi not just to teach, but to lead a community as a social justice advocate in the fight against antisemitism and all forms of discrimination. My work constantly brings me back to exploring the history of injustice and persecution. Studying the Holocaust and genocides of the past at Clark prepared me to recognize the alarming signs we see within our present. The tropes of the past didn\u2019t just happen once upon a time, they recur all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-gray-400-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018-Casey-Bush-16-1340x550-1-535x340-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018-Casey-Bush-16-1340x550-1-535x340-1.avif 535w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018-Casey-Bush-16-1340x550-1-535x340-1-300x191.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-casey-bush-ma-19\">Casey Bush, MA &#8217;19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Outreach Specialist and Orientation Instructor at the Center for Employment Opportunities, Colorado<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy time at Clark provided me with much more than just the historical knowledge of the Holocaust. The faculty and staff at the Strassler Center imparted on me the critical thinking skills and confidence necessary to take on any challenge this position may require\u2013 from developing an entire elementary curriculum to training medical, legal, and law enforcement professionals on choice, ethics, and complicity in the Holocaust. \u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-gray-400-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/spencer-cronin-535w.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/spencer-cronin-535w.avif 535w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/spencer-cronin-535w-300x191.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-48f7b561 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spencer-cronin-ma-18\">Spencer Cronin, MA &#8217;18<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Education Director,\u00a0 Anti-Defamation League \u2013 New York\/New Jersey<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy concentration in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark gave me both the academic knowledge and practical experience to succeed in such a rapidly evolving field.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-vertical wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-2c14e10a wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"People submenu\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container  is-vertical wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/faculty-and-staff\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Faculty and staff<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/graduate-students\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Graduate students<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/ph-d-alumni\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Ph.D. alumni<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/people\/undergraduate-alumni\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Undergraduate alumni<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan Blum Schneider \u201802 Director, JFCS Holocaust Center (San Francisco) \u201cEducation continues to be our greatest tool in fighting hate and confronting antisemitism. 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