Charles E. Scheidt Faculty Fellows in Atrocity Prevention
The 2026-2027 Cohort has been selected!
Applications for next year will open around June 2027.
| Maha Abdallah | University of Antwerp, Belgium | Law |
| Dieudonne Akimana | East-African Leadership University, Burundi | Languages and Social Sciences |
| Mohammed El-Nasir Al-Amin | Kwara State University, Nigeria | English and Literary Studies |
| Ahmet Altinok | Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan | Economics |
| Lenis Araque | Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia | Special Education |
| William Armaline | San Jose State University, United States of America | Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences |
| Amy Atchison | Middle Tennessee State University, United States of America | Political Science |
| Olivent Atellah | Royal Priest College of Divinity and Humanity, Kenya | Counselling |
| Syed Mujtaba Athar | SLS NOIDA Campus, Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune, India | Law |
| Annah Bender | University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States of America | Social Work |
| Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala | Harpur College – Binghamton Univeresity, United States of America | Theatre Department and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
| Chris Collins | Salem State University, United States of America | Social Work |
| Yirga Abebe Damtie | Wollo University, Ethiopia | Political Science and International Relations |
| Peter DeBartolo | Adelphi University, United States of America | Levermore Global Scholars Program / International Studies Program |
| Lisa Dicker | St. John's University School of Law, United States of America | Law |
| Boris Djamen | University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon | Economics |
| Chinaza Egere | Purdue University, United States of America | Comparative Literature |
| Astrid Escobedo Barrondo | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain | Indigenous People and Sustainable Developed Chair |
| Michelle Fabiani | University of New Haven, United States of America | Criminal Justice; Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Jannatul Ferdous | Comilla University, Bangladesh | Public Administration |
| Sharee Fowler | Salem College, United States of America | Nonprofit Management & Community Leadership |
| Carlos Federico Gaitan Hairabedian | American University Washington College of Law / Universidad de Buenos Aires, United States of America | Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law - Human Rights Departament University of Buenos Aires |
| Abhijeet Ghosh | Amity University, India | English |
| Cullen Goldblatt | Binghamton University, United States of America | Comparative Literature |
| Mary Kay Gugerty | Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington, United States of America | Public Policy |
| Md.Reazul Hasan | Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology(SMUCT), Bangladesh | Architecture |
| Andrew Henck | Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Organisational Behaviour/Management |
| Petra Hendrickson | Northern Michigan University, United States of America | Political Science |
| Noelle Higgins | Maynooth University, Ireland | Law |
| Iuliia Hoban | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide, United States of America | Department of Emergency, Disaster and Global Security Studies |
| M Sanjeeb Hossain | Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), BRAC University, Bangladesh | Law |
| Setrag Hovsepian | American University of Armenia, Armenia | General Education |
| Nathália Hovsepian | INSPER, Brazil | Law |
| Royce Hutson | Boise State University, United States of America | Social Work |
| Roderick Jackman | Hostos Community College, United States of America | English |
| Mubarak Jamiu | Kwara State University, Nigeria | Politics and Governance |
| Dzeneta Karabegovic | University of Salzburg, Austria | Sociology and Human Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Michelle Kelso | The George Washington University, United States of America | Sociology and International Affairs |
| Carla Lewandowski | Rowan University, United States of America | Law and Justice Studies |
| Helen Makhdoumian | Vanderbilt University, United States of America | English |
| Ehlimana Memisevic | University of Sarajevo Law School, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Faculty of Law, Department of Legal History and Comparative Law |
| Angel Morales | Hostos Community College/CUNY, United States of America | Humanities |
| Jacqueline Njeru | National Defence College, Kenya | National Security and Strategy |
| Evaristus Obinyan | Middle Georgia State University, United States of America | Criminology, Criminal Justice and Homeland Security |
| Damian Odunze | Delta State University, United States of America | Criminal Justice and Criminology |
| Carrie Olson | University of Denver, United States of America | Teacher Education and Curriculum & Instruction |
| Krmanj Othman | Soran University, Iraq | Law |
| Jeremiah Perez-Torres | Marist University, United States of America | Department of Crime and Justice Studies |
| Rachel Ponder | Maryville College, United States of America | Humanitarian Research Lab |
| Ashley Reichelmann | Virginia Tech, United States of America | Sociology |
| Katherine Reid | The University of Texas at El Paso, United States of America | Security Studies |
| Monte-Angel Richardson | Arizona State University, United States of America | BRIDGS (Bringing Research and Innovation to the Debate on Guns and Society) |
| Alex Rister | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, United States of America | Communication |
| Joanna Sanchez | Hostos Community College/CUNY, United States of America | Education |
| Birhanu Simachew Asfaw | Dire Dawa University, Ethiopia | Political Science and International Relations |
| Celia Sporer | Queensborough Community College, United States of America | Social Sciences- Criminal Justice |
| Gabriela Stoicea | Clemson University, United States of America | German Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies (World Cinema) |
| Ernest Tambo | University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda | Evidence synthesis and policy influence ity |
| Mansur Tayfuri | Paris 8 University, France | Philosophy |
| Abdukhalil Tursunov | Tashkent State University of Law, Uzbekistan | Research Center, Faculty of Business Law and Judicial Protection |
| Colleen Walsh | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, United States of America | Psychiatry |
| Robert Walton | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, United States of America | Supply Chain Management |
| Joseph Wasonga | Kenyatta University, Kenya | Political Science |
| Hrag Yacoubian | Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada | Nursing |
| Emily Zekan Brown | Bristol Community College, United States of America | History, Academic Librarian |
| Gabriel Abdallah Olenga | Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs, Republic of the Congo | Law |
| Erika Arias | Binghamton University, United States of America | Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention |
| Alessandro Drago | Binghamton University, United States of America | Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention |
Application Process
Faculty members can apply by using the simple form found here. If deans, chairs, or colleagues would like to nominate a faculty member for the program, we encourage them to share this call for applications with them directly or to contact Sellah King'oro Martens at skingoro@binghamton.edu to share that faculty member's information.
Who is Eligible to Participate
For the first time, the Faculty Fellowship is open to college/university educators from any country around the world.
Faculty members from any college or university and from any and all disciplines and professional fields are eligible to become Fellows. The Faculty Fellowship Program is currently only available in English, so fluency in English is a requirement of participation.
I-GMAP takes a broad view of prevention—one that extends far beyond crisis management or intervention in the face of mass killing. Prevention includes strategies that can reduce the likelihood of violence before it starts, mitigate harm and motivate an end to conflicts once they begin, and rebuild in the aftermath of atrocities. Effective prevention encompasses all fields and professions – from humanities and social sciences, through the physical sciences and technical fields, and everything in between – and it takes a variety of forms.
To date, I-GMAP has welcomed Faculty Fellows from a vast array of disciplines, including:
- History
- Nursing
- Theater and Dance
- Education
- Business and Management
- Data Science
- Comparative Literature
- Language Studies
- Cultural Studies
- Anthropology
- Political Science
- Public Administration
- Computer Science
- Environmental Studies
This year, we hope to expand even further the number of disciplines covered by this program so that even more students will be asked to consider how they can contribute to the prevention of mass atrocities and other forms of identity-based violence throughout their educational and professional careers.
Selection Criteria
In selecting among applicants for the Charles E. Scheidt Faculty Fellows program, the IGMAP Co-Directors will be attentive to the stated rationale for interest reflected in the individual application as well as the diversity of disciplines represented in the overall group of awards. Since 2018, I-GMAP has supported over 220 faculty members from more than 50 disciplines from colleges and universities in more than 30 countries. This year, we will be accepting as many as 80 new faculty members to participate in the program from anywhere in the world.
Program Benefits
Scheidt Faculty Fellows will receive the following benefits:
- Access (during and after the program) to a wealth of online materials related to atrocity prevention.
- Potential to receive funding for events co-sponsored by I-GMAP.
- Opportunity to receive travel expenses to attend the 2027 Frontiers of Prevention international forum hosted by I-GMAP in Binghamton, New York, in April 2027.
- Official certificate upon completing all requirements of the fellowship.
- Binghamton University faculty members will also receive research funds in the amount of $5,000 USD upon completion of the program.
Program Requirements
The program runs from September 2026 through May 2027 (excluding December and January), primarily in an online and asynchronous format, with synchronous meetings at the start and finish of the program. To successfully complete the program, Fellows must:
1. participate in person or virtually in the synchronous meeting in late September (exact date and time TBD);
2. participate in a debriefing meeting in May 2025 (exact date TBD);
3. complete the 8 asynchronous online learning modules, which include readings, videos, discussions and reflections (roughly two weeks allotted per module with a break during winter intercession);
4. submit a syllabus and related course materials demonstrating sufficient integration of atrocity prevention in learning outcomes, readings or other materials, and assignments.
Applications are open now and will be accepted until August 1, 2026. Selected applicants will be notified by August 30, 2026. Click here to apply. If you have questions about the Faculty Fellows Program, please contact Sellah King'oro at skingoro@binghamton.edu.
Past Faculty Fellows
Review the GMAP Curricular Innovations from past faculty fellows since the creation of the program.
*From 2018-2020 this program was known as the GMAP Curriculum Development Program.
Contact
If you have questions about the program and award, please contact Sellah King'oro at skingoro@binghamton.edu.
