Biography

Jody Russell Manning teaches Modern European History with a focus on Holocaust and Genocide Studies as well as Memory and Memorials. Manning also serves as the Associate Director for the Rowan Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights (RCHGHR) and helped develop Rowan’s one-of-a-kind Holocaust and Genocide Education (HGE) graduate program. He was the lead CHSS instructor on the “Warsaw Virtual Reality Project” in cooperation with Engineering and Communications and Creative Arts. He served as the first American intern in the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum from 2005-2009, which continued through his 2010-2011 Fulbright fellowship year. Manning co-founded and organized the first International Graduate Students' Conference for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. Manning runs a Study Abroad program to Europe each summer, which includes “Nazi Germany & the Holocaust” and “Heart of Europe: Memory & Culture.” His academic interests include Holocaust History, Post-WWII Cities and Societies, Polish-Jewish Relations, German-Jewish Relations, Post-Communist Poland, Comparative Genocide, Racial Thought, as well as Memorials and Memory. His publications explore the continuing ramifications of genocide for contemporary society.