Boards and Committees

Executive Board

Melanie O'BrienPresident
Associate Professor in International Law
UWA Law School
University of Western Australia
Australia
Armen MarsoobianFirst Vice President
Professor, Philosophy Department
Southern Connecticut State University
United States
Timothy WilliamsSecond Vice President
Junior Professor of Insecurity and Social Order
Bundeswehr University Munich
Germany
Elisenda Calvet MartínezSecretary
Assistant Professor of International Law
Faculty of Law
University of Barcelona
Spain
Emily SampleNew Media Officer
Programs Director
The Fund for Peace
United States
Kerry WhighamCommunications Officer
Assistant Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention
Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention
Binghamton University
United States
Julia WhiteTreasurer
Associate Professor, Teaching and Leadership
School of Education
Syracuse University
United States
Sascha NanlohyEmerging Scholars Representative
Honorary Associate and Sessional Academic
Department of Government and International Relations
The University of Sydney
Australia

Advisory Board

Rosa Ana Alija FernándezAssociate Professor of Public International Law
Faculty of Law
University of Barcelona
Spain
Chigbo Arthur AnyadubaAssistant Professor
Department of English
The University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, MB
Canada
Kerri J. MalloyAssistant Professor of Global Humanities
Department of Humanities
San José State University
United States
Caroline BennettAssociate Research Fellow
School of Social and Cultural Studies
Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui
New Zealand
Sarah SnyderDirector of Holocaust Education Resource and Outreach (HERO) Center
PhD Candidate, History of Ideas
Ackerman Center
The University of Texas at Dallas
United States
Jim SnowLecturer in Philosophy
Loyola University
United States
Sabah CarrimEmerging Scholars Representative
Department of English
Texas State University
United States

IAGS Committees

Nominations

Adam Muller (Chair)
Hilary Earl
Sabah Carrim

Communications

Emily Sample (Chair)
Stephanie Wolfe – Facebook
Kerry Whigham – Listserv

Membership

Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba
Shelly Clay-Robison
Shaoli Dasgupta
Ronan Lee
Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen
Tali Nates
Y Bhim Nie

Resolutions Committee

Kjell Anderson
Irene Victoria Massimino
Onur Uraz

Past Boards

Executive Board

  • Henry C. Theriault, PhD, President
  • Armen Marsoobian, PhD, First Vice President
  • Melanie O’Brien, PhD, Second Vice President
  • Amy Fagin, Secretary-Treasurer
  • Emily Sample, New Media Officer
  • Kerry Whigham, PhD, Communications Officer
  • Timothy Williams, PhD, Emerging Scholars Representative

Advisory Board

Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Sara Brown, Hilary Earl, Caroline Bennett, Suren Manukyan, Adam Muller

Emerging Scholars Representative: Sabah Carrim

Resolutions

Kjell Anderson
Irene Massimino
Onur Uraz

Nominations

Adam Muller (Chair)
Hilary Earl
Sabah Carrim

Communications

Emily Sample (Chair)
Stephanie Wolfe – Facebook
Kerry Whigham – Listserv

Executive Board

  • Henry C. Theriault, PhD, President
  • Adam Muller, First Vice President
  • Melanie O’Brien, PhD, Second Vice President
  • Amy Fagin, Secretary-Treasurer
  • Stephanie Wolfe, New Media Officer
  • Kerry Whigham, PhD, Communications Officer

Advisory Board

Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Sara Brown, Hilary Earl, Christian Gudehus, Suren Manukyan, Andrew Woolford.

Emerging Scholars Representative: Timothy Williams

Resolutions

Kjell Anderson
Irene Massimino
Onur Uraz

Nominations

Andrew Woolford (chair)
Donna Frieze
Kjell Anderson

Communications

Stephanie Wolfe (Chair)
Listserve Coordinator – Geoff Hill
Twitter – Emily Sample

Executive Board

  • Andrew Woolford, President
  • Elisa von Joeden Forgey, First Vice-President
  • Kjell Anderson, Second Vice-President
  • Irene Massimino, Co-Secretary-Treasurer
  • Thomas Hill, Co-Secretary-Treasurer
  • Stephanie Wolfe, New Media-Communications

2017 Meeting (13th): Brisbane-Australia (University of Queensland)

Advisory Board

Nelida Boulgourdjian, Melanie O’Brien, Amy Fagin, Donna-Lee Frieze, Adam Muller, Lior Zylberman
Emerging Scholars Representative: Heitor Loureiro

Resolutions Committee

Joyce Aspel, Daniel Feierstein, Jutta Lindert, Suren Manukyan, Rafiki Ubaldo

Membership Committee

Kjell Anderson (Chair), Emily Sample, Peter Karari, Marc Sherman, Khamboly Dy

Communications Committee

Stephanie Wolfe (Chair), Emily Sample, James Snow

Executive Board

  • Daniel Feierstein, President
  • Donna-Lee Frieze, First Vice-President
  • Andrew Woolford, Second Vice-President
  • Borislava Manojlovic, Secretary-Treasurer
  • Rafiki Ubaldo, New Media-Communications

2014 Meeting (11th): Winnipeg-Canada (University of Manitoba, Canada)
2015 Meeting (12th Biennial):Yerevan-Armenia (Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute)

Advisory Board

Melanie O’Brien, Ugur Umit Ungor, Hannibal Travis, Ernesto Verdeja, James Waller, Lior Zylberman

Resolutions Committee

Avril Alba, Roberto Carlés, Laurel Fletcher, Enzo Le Fevre, Helen Jarvis

Membership Committee

Andrew Woolford (Chair), Edward Kissi, Liana Papoutsis, Marc Sherman, Gabriel Gatti, Carlos Antaramian

Executive Board

  • Alex Hinton, President
  • Daniel Feierstein, First Vice-President
  • Geoff Hill, Second Vice-President
  • Tetsushi Ogata, Secretary-Treasurer
  • Rafiki Ubaldo, New Media-Communications

2013 Meeting (10th Biennial): Siena-Italy (Universita di Siena, Italy and Kingston University, London-UK)

Advisory Board

Kjell Anderson, Joyce Apsel, Peter Balakian, John Evans, Adam Jones, Linda Melvern, Ernesto Verdeja, Amy Fagin, Donna Frieze

Executive Board

  • William Schabas, President
  • Alexander Hinton, First Vice-President
  • Daniel Feierstein, Second Vice-President
  • Jutta Lindert, Secretary-Treasurer

2011 Meeting (8th Biennial): Buenos Aires, Argentina (Centro de Estudios sobre Genocidio, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)

Advisory Board

Joyce Apsel, Peter Balakian, Maja Catic, Geoff Hill, Helen Jarvis, Henry Theriault

Executive Board

  • Gregory Stanton, President
  • Steven Leonard Jacobs, First Vice-President
  • Alexander Hinton, Second Vice-President
  • Marc I. Sherman, Secretary
  • Jack Nusan Porter, Treasurer

2009 Meeting (7th Biennial): Arlington, VA,US, School for Conflict and resolution, George Mason)

Advisory Board

Joyce Apsel, Peter Balakian, Charli Carpenter, Daniel Feierstein, Ben Kiernan, Henry Theriault, Israel Charny,
(Special Advisors: Amb. John Evans, Amy Hudnall, Helen Jarvis, Lisabeth Meyers, Jackson Sherratt, James Waller)

Resolutions Committee

Greg Stanton, Peter Balakian, Elihu Richter

Executive Board

  • Israel Charny, President
  • Greg Stanton, First Vice-President
  • Linda Melvern, Second Vice-President
  • Steven Leonard Jacobs, Secretary-Treasurer

2007 Meeting (6th Biennial): Sarajevo, Bosnia (University of Sarajevo)

Advisory Board

Joyce Apsel, Peter Balakian, Jerry Fowler, Alex Hinton, William Schabas, Eric Weitz, Robert Melson
(Ex-Officio: Michael Bazyler, Stephen Feinstein, Eric Markusen, Marc I. Sherman)

Resolutions Committee

Peter Balakian, Elihu Richter, Greg Stanton

Executive Board

  • Robert Melson, President
  • Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, First Vice-President (resigned in 2003)
  • Israel W. Charny, Second Vice-President
  • Steven L. Jacobs, Secretary-Treasurer

2005 Meeting (5thBiennial): Boca Raton (Florida Atlantic University)

Advisory Board

Former Presidents, Helen Fein, Roger Smith, Frank Chalk, Joyce Apsel, Stephen Feinstein

Executive Board

  • Joyce Apsel, President
  • Robert Melson, Vice-president
  • Steve Jacobs, Secretary-Treasurer

2003 Meeting (4th Biennial): Galway, Ireland (Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland)

Executive Board

  • Frank Chalk, President
  • Joyce Apsel, Vice-President
  • Steven Jacobs, Secretary-Treasurer

2001 Meeting (3rd Biennial): University of Minnesota

Executive Board

  • Roger Smith, President
  • Frank Chalk, First Vice-President
  • Jack Nusan Porter, Second-Vice-President
  • Steven Jacobs, Secretary Treasurer

1999 Meeting (2nd Biennial): University of Wisconsin, Madison

Executive Board

  • Helen Fein, President
  • Roger Smith, Vice-President
  • Stephen Jacobs, Secretary-Treasurer

1997 Meeting (1st Biennial): Concordia University, Montreal (MIGS, host)