Dr. Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira is a Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Studies. She received her Ph.D. in sociology and human rights at the University of Minnesota in 2014 and has since published over 70 peer-reviewed articles on genocide, transitional justice, and human rights. Dr. Nyseth Nzitatira is the co-editor of the Oxford Handbook on Atrocity Crimes and is the recipient of the highest early-career awards from the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the American Society of Criminology. She has also received the 2023 International Association of Genocide Scholars Engaged Scholar Award—which is awarded to one scholar globally every two years—for her work forecasting atrocities. 

 

Dr. Nyseth Nzitatira has recently finished a book with Oxford University Press on the reentry and reintegration of Rwandans who completed prison sentences for crimes of genocide and has interviewed hundreds of people who have committed atrocities. She is also finishing a book on genocide, terrorism, and other extreme violence with Polity Press and is also writing a book on rescue during genocide for Cambridge University Press and a book on atrocity prevention for Cambridge as well. Dr. Nyseth Nzitatira is the founder and global editor in chief of the International Association of Genocide Scholars Policy Brief Initiative and consults for several museums and nonprofits dedicated to genocide prevention and awareness. She also creates content for high school teachers who teach about genocide and has trained teachers in ten U.S. states. Her recent work has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.