The Institute has a diverse field of experts in such areas of inquiry as current innovations in documenting genocide, the state of Holocaust education and countering antisemitism.
Director of Strategy, Partnerships and Media Production
Andi Gitow oversees the Media Department, leading content and partnership strategy, as well as immersive technologies. Andi is on special leave from... read more
Founding Director, Center for Advanced Genocide Research
Originally from Germany, Wolf Gruner is a historian and a specialist for the research on the Holocaust and German-Jewish history, topics on which he... read more
With the Institute since 1996, Karen has led an international and multilingual staff to successfully catalog and index the archive and has been... read more
Andrew J. and Erna Finci Viterbi Endowed Executive Director Chair
Dr. Stephen D. Smith, Finci-Viterbi Endowed Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation, is committed to making the testimony of survivors of the... read more
Claudia Ramirez Wiedeman oversees the strategic direction of the Institute’s global education program. Working with a mighty team of subject matter... read more
