Kerry Whigham received a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University, where his dissertation was passed with distinction. He has published articles in Genocide Studies and Prevention, The Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, Tourist Studies, Material Culture, and Museum and Society, and has written chapters for several edited volumes, including Reconstructing Atrocity Prevention (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow at Binghamton University's Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention. He is also the Communications Officer and a member of the executive board for the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS).
In addition to his academic work, he works at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, an international non-government organization that works with over 80 countries around the world on creating public policy for the protection of vulnerable groups and the prevention of mass atrocities.
Formerly, he has been a Postdoctoral Researcher at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights, a member of the faculty consortium for Stockton University's graduate certificate program in genocide prevention, a visiting scholar at Rutgers University's Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and the managing editor of emisférica, a biannual, trilingual, peer-reviewed journal on performance and politics in the Americas, published by the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. He has taught courses at New York University, Kean University, and Stockton University. His work has been presented at academic conferences and universities in five continents.
Kerry's research focuses on the way post-atrocity societies remember and engage with the past, along with how that violent past impacts the present and future. In particular, his research engages the creation and curation of public memory sites, as well as grassroots, civil society activism, both as a means for shaping public memory and transforming post-conflict socities. As part of this work, Kerry has conducted field research across Latin America, Europe, and the United States.
In addition to his academic work, he works at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, an international non-government organization that works with over 80 countries around the world on creating public policy for the protection of vulnerable groups and the prevention of mass atrocities.
Formerly, he has been a Postdoctoral Researcher at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights, a member of the faculty consortium for Stockton University's graduate certificate program in genocide prevention, a visiting scholar at Rutgers University's Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and the managing editor of emisférica, a biannual, trilingual, peer-reviewed journal on performance and politics in the Americas, published by the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. He has taught courses at New York University, Kean University, and Stockton University. His work has been presented at academic conferences and universities in five continents.
Kerry's research focuses on the way post-atrocity societies remember and engage with the past, along with how that violent past impacts the present and future. In particular, his research engages the creation and curation of public memory sites, as well as grassroots, civil society activism, both as a means for shaping public memory and transforming post-conflict socities. As part of this work, Kerry has conducted field research across Latin America, Europe, and the United States.