Ellen J. Kennedy is the founder and Executive Director of World Without Genocide, a human rights organization headquartered at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, MN. Throug
World Without Genocide
Kennedy promotes Holocaust and genocide education in high schools, colleges, faith-based organizations, and civic groups and advocates with elected officials at city, state, and national levels on genocide prevention. Kennedy was a professor at the

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for nearly twenty years and the Interim Director at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies,

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, for three years. She founded World Without Genocide with support from her students at the University of St. Thomas in 2006. She has been an adjunct professor at

Mitchell Hamline School of Law Mitchell Hamline School of Law is a private law school in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and offers full- and part-time legal education for its Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. History Mitchell Hamlin ...

since 2006 and remains in that position today. She also taught at many colleges and universities abroad, including in China, Ukraine, Poland, India, Japan, Costa Rica, England, Israel, Jamaica, and Australia. She speaks at conferences and events locally, nationally, and internationally. On December 10, 2021, World Without Genocide was designated as formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications. Dr. Ellen Kennedy is a representative of World Without Genocide to the Department.

Education

Dr. Kennedy earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology from the

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. She has masters degrees in Communications and English from

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and a masters in Sociology from the

. She also has two doctorates from the University of Minnesota.

Published articles

Kennedy has published many articles on

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and

genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Latin ...

in academic and mass publications. Kennedy was also a regular contributor for Minnesota Public Radio from 2010 to 2012.

Awards

Dr. Kennedy has received the following awards: * Prominent Minnesotan, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 2019 * Human Rights Award, United Nations Office of Church Women United, 2015 * Woman of Achievement Award, DKG, international women educators’ society, 2014 * Rotarian of the Year, Minneapolis University Rotary Club, 2012-2013 * Nominee, Outstanding Adjunct Faculty, William Mitchell College of Law, 2012 * Change-Maker Award, Minnesota Women’s Press, 2010 * Community Service Staff Award, University of Minnesota, 2010 * Jane Addams Outstanding Women’s Service Award, Midwest Sociological Society, 2010 * Outstanding Citizen Award, Anne Frank Center, New York, 2009 * Human Rights Award, City of Edina, Minnesota, 2007 * Higher Education Leader of the Year Award, National Society for Experiential Education, 2004 * Fulbright Senior Specialist, 2006-2011 * Global Citizenship Award, University of St. Thomas, 2002 * Research Service Award, University of St. Thomas, 1987

References

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