Boards and Committees
Executive Board
Advisory Board
IAGS Committees
Nominations
TBD
Communications
M Pizuar Hossain (Chair)
Ashley Greene
Mónica Rey
Marc Sherman
Membership
Elisenda Calvet Martínez (Chair)
Jared Mcdonald
Henry Theriault
Alenka Antloga
Tibisay Navarro
Joe Eggers
IAGS 2027 Conference Organizing Committee
Committee Chair: Dr Lorna Waddington, First Vice President, IAGS, Associate Professor of International History, University of Leeds, UK
IAGS Committee:
Alek Barović, PhD Candidate, University of Padova, Italy
Sabah Carrim, Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice, SUNY Brockport, USA
Professor JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz, Department Head, Maritime Studies, College of Marine Sciences & Maritime Studies, Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA
Maureen N. Eke, Ph.D. Professor of World Literature, Department of English, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858, USA
Kate English, Executive Director for the Educator’s Institute for Human Rights
Luis Martinez, Professor, National Defense University of Honduras, Honduras
Stacey Mitchell, IAGS Advisory Board Member, Associate Professor of Political Science, Perimeter College, Georgia State University, USA
Tawheed Noor, PhD, Genocide Scholar and Consultant, Collaborative Structural Change (CSS), Binghamton, New York, USA
Dr Carse Ramos, Treasurer, IAGS, Associate Professor of Sociology and Justice Studies, Rhode Island College, USA
Resolutions Committee
Past Boards
Executive Board
- Melanie O’Brien, PhD, President
- Stephanie Wolfe, PhD, First Vice President
- Timothy Williams, PhD, Second Vice President
- Elisenda Calvet Martínez, PhD, Secretary
- Omar Ndizeye, MS, New Media Officer
- Julia White, PhD, Treasurer
- Rhiannon Neilsen, PhD, Emerging Scholars Representative
Advisory Board
Armen Marsoobian, Theresa de Langis, Kerri J. Malloy, Irene Victoria Massimino, Sarah Snyder, Daniel Feierstein
Emerging Scholars Representative: Mohammad Pizuar Hossain
Resolutions
Onur Uraz (Chair)
Stacey Mitchell
Hrag Yacoubian
Nominations
Sabah Carrim (Chair)
Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba
Kerry Whigham
Communications
Stephanie Wolfe
Mónica Isabel Rey
Membership
Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba
Shelly Clay-Robison
Shaoli Dasgupta
Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen
Tali Nates
Y Bhim Nie
IAGS 2025 Conference Committee
Executive Board
- Melanie O’Brien, PhD, President
- Armen Marsoobian, PhD, First Vice President
- Timothy Williams, PhD, Second Vice President
- Elisenda Calvet Martínez, PhD, Secretary-Treasurer
- Emily Sample, PhD, New Media Officer
- Kerry Whigham, PhD, Communications Officer
- Sascha Nanlohy, PhD, Emerging Scholars Representative
Advisory Board
Rosa Ana Alija Fernández, Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, Kerri J. Malloy, Caroline Bennett, Sarah Snyder, Jim Snow
Emerging Scholars Representative: Sabah Carrim
Resolutions
Kjell Anderson
Irene Massimino
Onur Uraz
Nominations
Sabah Carrim (Chair)
Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba
Kerry Whigham
Communications
Emily Sample (Chair)
Stephanie Wolfe – Facebook
Kerry Whigham – Listserv
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)