The Routledge Handbook of Genocide Studies

Jeffrey S. Bachman is Cohen Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College, and co-editor-in-chief of Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal. He is author of Harry Potter and Genocide: An Introduction to Genocide Studies Through the World of Harry Potter (2026), The Politics of Genocide: From the Genocide Convention to the Responsibility to Protect (2022), and The United States and Genocide: (Re)Defining the Relationship (2017); editor of Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead (2024) and Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations (2019); and co-editor of A Modern History of Forgotten Genocide and Mass Atrocities (2024).

John Cox is Associate Professor of Global Studies and History at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, where he directs the Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies. Among Cox's publications are his 2017 To Kill a People: Genocide in the 20th Century and a recent co-authored book, Genocide: A Thematic Approach (2026). His other works include a book on leftist and Jewish resistance inside Nazi Germany, Circles of Resistance (2009) and the co-edited collection Denial: The Final Stage of Genocide? (2021). John's articles and book chapters include a 2024 essay for the UCLA Law School on the Gaza genocide. Cox earned his PhD in History at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2006, and he has been a scholar, educator, and activist for human rights for the last 30 years.