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Amanda Grzyb is a professor at the University of Western Ontario, where she holds the Rogers Chair in Studies in Journalism. Her primary teaching and research interests include documentation of state violence, comparative genocide studies, memory studies, oral history, media public interest, social movements, memorials, and social justice. Grzyb is the project director of the SSHRC-funded partnership initiative 'Surviving Memory: Postwar El Salvador', which aims to document the history of the Salvadoran Civil War and engage the community in participatory methodologies. She has authored numerous publications focusing on human rights issues and has led innovative research projects in various countries. Additionally, Grzyb has extensive teaching experience in social movements, genocide studies, media, and memory studies, offering field courses in Poland, Rwanda, and El Salvador. She is dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on critical issues of authoritarianism and right-wing populism.
University of Western Ontario • London, Ontario, Canada
Conducts research and teaches courses in social movements, genocide studies, media, and memory studies.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.