Genocide Prevention Program

Doctoral Student Alumni 

Dr. Emily Sample 
Graduated 2023 
Dissertation: Blood, Soil, Root, and Branch: Climate Change, Gender, and the Future of Mass Atrocity Prevention 
Placed, Fund for Peace  

Dr. Ziad Al Achkar  
Graduated 2023 
Dissertation: Humanitarian Action in a Digital World: How the Pursuit of Legibility Shapes the Humanitarian Act.  
Placed, Catholic Relief Services  

Dr. César Estrada 
Graduated 2020 
Dissertation: Genocidal Mexico: The Unfolding of Mass Violence, Radical Categorization, and the Narratives of the “War on Drugs” 
Placed, Post-Doc Fellowship, University of Notre Dame 

Dr. Sixte Vigny Nimuraba 
Graduated 2017 
Dissertation: “Ethnic Identity Shift in Burundi” 
Placed, National University of Burundi & President of Burundian Independent National Commission on Human Rights 

Dr. Bridget Moix 
Graduated 2016 
Dissertation: “Choosing Peace: Local Peacebuilder Perspectives on Agency, Relational Responsibility, and the Future of International Peacebuilding” 
Placed, Peace Direct 

Dr. Tetsushi Ogata 
Graduated 2014 
Dissertation: “The Socialization of Threats in Mass Killing” 
Placed, University of California Berkeley 

Dr. Borislava Manojlovic 
Graduated 2013 
Dissertation: “Search for Positive Peace in Eastern Slavonia: Contentious Historical Discourses and School Communities” 
Placed, Seton Hall University 

Dr. Ashad Sentongo (In Memoriam) 
Graduated 2013 
Dissertation: “Re-imagining Decentralization: Improving of Relationships between Ethnic Groups and the State in Uganda” 
Placed, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation 
Website: https://www.auschwitzinstitute.org/people/ashad-sentongo-phd