Chad Gibbs in front of the Randolph Hall.

Chad S.A. Gibbs


Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies and the Director of Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies

Education
PhD in History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021
MA in History, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2016
BA in History, University of Wyoming, 2013

Research Interest
Chad S.A. Gibbs is a historian of the Holocaust, antisemitism, and war and society. His work is devoted to understanding the timing, choices, and tactics of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. Chad makes extensive use of oral history sources and practices both inside and outside the classroom. In that area, he holds ongoing positions as an Affiliated Researcher at the USC-Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research and a Scholar Interviewer with the USC Shoah Foundation.

Courses Taught
  • JWST 400 - Holocaust Legacies and Oral History
  • JWST 300 - Tracing the Holocaust – Maymester Study Abroad
  • JWST 300 - Women and the Holocaust
  • JWST 242/HIST 250 - Race and the Second World War
  • JWST 230/HIST 241 - The Holocaust
  • JWST 201/HIST 250 - A History of Lies: Antisemitic and Anti-Jewish Tropes
  • FYSE 124 - The Holocaust on Screen

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