Faculty & Staff

Staff

Name Position Contact
Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.

Interim Director. Outreach Coordinator. Voluntary education coordinator, Genocide Intervention Network-Minnesota

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Phone: 612-624-0256
Address: 101 Nolte Center
E-mail: ekennedy@umn.edu
Jessika Higganbotham Office Manager Phone: 612-624-0256
Address: 101 Nolte Center
E-mail: higg0108@umn.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Name Position Contact
Frank Adler
Department of Political Science
Macalester College
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Chairman Phone: 651-696-6415
Address: Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
E-mail: adler@macalester.edu
Taner Akcam
Department of History
Visiting Professor Phone: 612-624-2988
Address: 733 SocSci
E-mail: takcam@umn.edu
Kirk Allison
Program in Human Rights and Health
Director Phone: 612-626-6559
Address: Mayo Bidg. Room A-664
E-mail: alli0001@umn.edu
Elizabeth Baer
Department of English
Gustavus Adolphus College
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Professor Phone: 507-933-7324
Address: Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue
Saint Peter, MN 56082-1498
E-mail: ebaer@gac.edu
Evelyn Davidheiser
Institute for Global Studies
Director Phone: 612-626-1821
Address: 214 SocSci
E-mail: edavidh@umn.edu
Rabbi Joseph Edelheit
Department of Philosophy
Jewish Studies
St. Cloud State University
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Associate Professor, Director Phone: 612-803-2257
Address: St. Cloud University
6221 Belmore Lane
Hopkins, MN 55343
E-mail: rabbijosephedelheit@msn.com
Thomas A. Emmert
Department of History
Gustavus Adolphus College
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Affilliated faculty Phone: 507-933-7432
Address: Gustavus Adolphus College
800 W. College Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082
Barbara A. Frey
Human Rights Program
Institute for Global Studies
Director Phone: 612-624-9007
Address: 214 SocSci
E-mail: freyx001@umn.edu
Jeffrey Kahn
Center for Bioethics
Director Phone: 612-624-9440
Address: Suite N504 Boynton
E-mail: kahnx009@umn.edu
Kristi-Rudelius Palmer
Human Rights Center, U of M Law School
Co-director Phone: 612-626-7794
Address: N120 Mondale Hall
E-mail: krp@umn.edu
M.J. Maynes
Department of History
Professor Phone: 612-624-9330
Address: 735 Soc Sci
E-mail: mayne001@umn.edu
Steven Miles, M.D.
Center for Bioethics
Professor Phone: 612-624-9440
Address: N504 Boynton HS
E-mail: miles001@umn.edu
Leslie Morris
Center for Jewish Studies;
Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch
Director, Associate Professor Phone: 612-624-4047
Address: 142 Folwell Hall
E-mail: morri074@umn.edu
Michele Wagner
Department of History
Assistant Professor Phone: 612-624-8079
Address: 833 SocSci
E-mail: mdwagner@umn.edu
David Weissbrodt
Human Rights Center, U of M Law School
Co-director, Regents Professor Phone: 612-625-5027
Address: 434 Mondale Hall
E-mail: weiss001@umn.edu
Eric Weitz
Department of History
Chair, Professor Phone: 612-624-7506
Address: 782 SocSci
E-mail: weitz004@umn.edu

Academic Board of Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Name Position College/Department
Michael Barnett
Holder of the Stassen Chair
Professor Humphrey Institute of Public Policy
Bruno Chaouat Associate Professor Department of French and Italian
Evelyn Davidheiser Director Institute for Global Studies
Ben Jacobs Assistant Professor College of Education
Hiromi Mizuno Assistant Professor History Department
Ann Waltner Director, Professor Institute for Advanced Study, History Department
Eric Weitz
Professor and holder of the Charlotte and Arsham Ohanessian Chair in College of Liberal Arts
Chairman History Department