Faculty & Staff Publications

Our faculty and staff are involved in several different research projects and publish their work in a variety of outlets. We are excited to share their work with you.

Policy Papers, Reports, and Briefs

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Safer Havens
I-GMAP and AIPG. (2025). Safer Havens: Better Protection for Refugees in Kenya [Policy brief]. 

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Reconceptualizing
Whigham, K. and Nzitatira, H.N. (2025). Reconceptualizing Atrocity Prevention [Policy brief]. I-GMAP, AIPG, and IAGS. 

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Dialogue for
UNESCO. (2025). Dialogue for Prevention. [Policy brief].

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Safer Havens
I-GMAP and AIPG. (2024). Safer Havens: Better Protection of Venezuelans in Colombia from Identity-Based Violence [Policy brief].  

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Beyond Remembering
Whigham, K. (2023). Beyond Remembering: An Atrocity Prevention Toolkit for Memory Spaces. Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. 

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Truth Commissions
Whigham, K. (2020). Truth Commissions and Their Contributions to Atrocity Prevention. Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. 

Academic Publications

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Toward a Truly
Whigham, Kerry. (2025). Toward a Truly Transdisciplinary Study of Genocide. Genocide Studies International 16(1): 45-60.

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Preventing Identity-
Appe, Susan, Campbell, David, and Whigham, Kerry. (2025). Preventing Identity-Based Violence from the Ground Up. Stanford Social Innovation Review Spring 2025: 29-37.

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More than
Whigham, Kerry. (2024). More than Memory: Can Memory Spaces Really Prevent? Genocide Studies and Prevention 18(1): 37-53.

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Truth Commissions
Whigham, Kerry, Billing, Trey, and Nyseth Nzitatira, Hollie. (2024). Truth Commissions and the Prevention of Targeted Mass Killings. International Journal of Transitional Justice 18(2).

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Another Universalism
Pensky, M. (2024). Genocide and Jurisgenesis. In S. Eich et al. (Ed.), Another Universalism: Seyla Benhabib and the Future of Critical Theory. Columbia University Press.

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From Holocaust
Whigham, Kerry. (2023). From Holocaust Studies to Atrocity Prevention: Genocide and the Growth of Transdisciplinary Activist Scholarship. Social Research 90(4): 809-836.

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Public administration
Rubaii, N., Whigham, K., and Appe, S. (2020). The public administration imperative of applying an atrocity prevention lens to COVID-19 responses: Leveraging the global pandemic for positive structural change and greater social equity. Administrative Theory & Praxis, online first DOI: 10.1080/10841806.2020.1829260

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Expanding the reach
Appe, S., Rubaii, N. and Whigham, K. (2020). Expanding the reach of representativeness, discretion and collaboration: The unrealized potential of public administration research in atrocity prevention. Public Administration Review. Advance online publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ puar.13296

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Confronting nervousness
Rubaii, N. and Appe, S. (2020). Confronting nervousness at the intersection of indigenous and gender Issues: A case study of Mexico’s efforts, accomplishments, and remaining work. In S. Gooden (Ed.), Global Equity in Administration: Nervous Areas of Governments.

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Memory encroachments
Whigham, Kerry. 2020. Memory encroachments and re-plotting the past: Cartographies of violence and memory in post-atrocity Argentina, Germany, and the United States. In E. Barkan, C. Goschler & J. Waller (Eds.), Historical Dialogue and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities. Routledge.

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Of straw men
Pensky, M. (2019). Of straw men and humanitarians: On Rajan Menon’s the conceit of humanitarian intervention. Journal of Genocide Research, 21(1), 102-107.

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Impunity
Pensky, M. (2019). Impunity: A philosophical analysis. In M. Bergsmo (Ed.), Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal Law, (Vol. 2, pp. 241-267). CILRAP Publishing.

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Administering prevention
Rubaii, N., Appe, S., and Lippez-De Castro, S. (2019). Administering prevention or administering atrocities? Public affairs education in dark times. Teaching Public Administration, 37(2), 175-189.

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Pueblos indigenas
Rubaii, N., Lippez-De Castro, S., and Appe, S. (2019). Pueblos indígenas como víctimas de los genocidios pasados y actuales: un tema esencial para el currículo de administración pública. América Latina Revista OPERA (Observatorio de Políticas, Ejecución y Resultados de la Administración Pública, 25, 29-54.

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Scenarios of
Whigham, K. (2019). Scenarios of intractability: Reframing intractable conflict and its transformation. Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal 13(3), 44-63.

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Reading the traces
Whigham, K. (2019). Reading the traces: Embodied engagement with the past at three former nazi concentration camps. Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History  26(2), 221-240.

Publications in Media Outlets

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Ukraine is starting
Whigham, K. (2025, September). Ukraine is starting to think about memorials- a tricky task during an ongoing war. The Conversation.

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What is genocide
Pensky, M. (2023, October). What is genocide, and who is committing it now in the Middle East? The Hill. 

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Why Reparations
Whigham, K. (2021, July). Why reparations are always about more than money. The Conversation.

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Judge orders Brazil
Rubaii, N. and Araujo Jr., J.J. (2020, July). Judge orders Brazil to protect Indigenous people from ravages of COVID-19. The Conversation.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro
Rubaii, N. and Araujo Jr., J.J. (2020, July). Brazil’s Bolsonaro has COVID-19 – and so do thousands of Indigenous people who live days from the nearest hospital. The Conversation.

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Why is the UN's response
Pensky, M. (2019, July). Why is the UN's Response to Rohingya Persecution So Powerless? The Globe Post.

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Warning signs
Pensky, M. and Rubaii, N. (2017, August). Warning signs of mass violence- in the US? The Conversation. 

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Are State Department
Pensky, M. and Rubaii, N. (2017, July). Are State Department cuts a major setback for genocide prevention? The Conversation.