The Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide provides fellowships to support innovative projects and research with practical application for preventing genocide and related crimes against humanity. Our fellows represent a range of fields and experience, from subject-matter experts and scholars to policy makers and practitioners.

  • Wai Wai Nu

    Wai Wai Nu

    Genocide Prevention Fellow
    July 1, 2020–December 31, 2020

  • Chika Okafor

    Chika Okafor

    August 1, 2016–May 26, 2017

  • Jason Patinkin

    Jason Patinkin

    Non-Resident Fellow for the Prevention of Genocide
    August 1, 2017–April 30, 2018

  • Stephen Pomper

    Stephen Pomper

    Leonard and Sophie Davis Genocide Prevention Distinguished Fellow
    April 1–June 30, 2017

  • Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp

    Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp

    Tom A. Bernstein Genocide Prevention Fellow September 1, 2021–September 30, 2023

  • Otto Saki

    Otto Saki

    July 1, 2016–November 30, 2016

  • Beth Van Schaack

    Beth Van Schaack

    Visiting Fellow for the Prevention of Genocide
    June 1, 2017–May 31, 2018

  • Ambassador David J. Scheffer

    Ambassador David J. Scheffer

    Tom A. Bernstein Genocide Prevention Fellow
    September 1, 2020–April 30, 2021

  • Shannon Raj Singh

    Shannon Raj Singh

    Leonard and Sophie Davis Genocide Prevention Fellow
    March 15, 2023–March 14, 2024

  • Scott Straus

    Scott Straus

    Winnick Fellow
    June 1–September 30, 2011