Northwest Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Ethnocide Education

About Us

"Remembering the Past, Learning from the Present,
Healing for the Future"

The Northwest Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Ethnocide Education is located in the Secondary Education Department at Western Washington University.  The NWCHGEE provides high school and middle school teachers with information and expertise on the Holocaust as well as on other acts of genocide and ethnocide in ancient and modern history. Ongoing projects include:

• Co-facilitating educational presentations and art shows about the Holocaust and genocide.
• Assisting preservice teachers in research and training in Holocaust education.
• Assisting teachers in educational programs commemorating Kristallnacht and Yom Ha Shoah.
• Creating a database of teachers, scholars and speakers interested in these subjects, and providing a list serve to share knowledge and ideas on Holocaust-Genocide education.

Who We Are

Director of the NWCHGEE is Dr. Ray Wolpow, Associate Professor of Secondary Education, WWU.

Dr. Ray Wolpow, Rabbi Cindy Enger, Mrs. Noémi Ban, and Rev. Chris Berry at the Shalom Center on Nov. 7, 2006

The following individuals make up our advisory board, and guide the work of this center:

• Mrs. Noémi Ban  - Retired Teacher, Golden Apple Award Winner, and survivor of Auschwitz- Birkenau
• Mr. David Dickson - Social Studies Teacher, Squalicum High School, Bellingham, WA
• Ms. Alisa Sachs - Core Teacher, Whatcom Middle School, Bellingham, WA
• Mr. Evan Ritchie - Social Studies Teacher, Ferndale High School, Ferndale, WA
• Dr. Joseph Trimble - Professor of Psychology; Professor, Woodring College of Education; Director, Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Testing, Western Washington University.
• Dr. Kathleen Young - Associate Professor of Anthropology, Western Washington University 
• Rev. Christopher Berry - Director, The Shalom Center, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Bellingham, WA
• Ms. Janice Brendible - Northwest Indian College, Lummi Reservation, Bellingham, WA 

Web site manager is Katie McKee - contact her regarding questions or comments about the website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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