ABOUT
Jeff Bachman is Associate Professor in the Department of Peace, Human Rights, and Cultural Relations at American University’s School of International Service. He is also the faculty director of the American University International Relations Society (AMIRS). AMIRS hosts the American University Model United Nations Conference, the largest interconnected high school Model UN conference, and is home of North America’s #1 ranked collegiate Model UN team three years running (2022-2024). In addition to his faculty role, he is Executive Secretary of the International Network of Genocide Scholars and a member of the Genocide Studies and Prevention editorial board.

He is the author of The Politics of Genocide: From the Genocide Convention to the Responsibility to Protect (Rutgers University Press, 2022) and The United States and Genocide: (Re)Defining the Relationship (Routledge, 2017). He is also the editor of Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations (Routledge, 2019) and Genocide Studies: Pathways Ahead (Rutgers University Press, 2024), and co-editor of A Modern History of Forgotten Genocides and Mass Atrocities. His research has also been published in Third World Quarterly, Genocide Studies and Prevention, Journal of Genocide Research, and International Studies Perspectives, among others.

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AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity & Other Professional Contributions
Nominated by colleagues and selected as winner by Awards Committee, 2023.

PhD Program Mentor Award
Nominated by doctoral student and selected as winner by Awards Committee, 2023.

Scholar-Teacher of the Year
​Nominated by colleagues and selected as winner by Awards Committee, 2020.
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Outstanding MA Program Director
​Nominated by colleagues and selected as winner by Awards Committee, 2019.