Alexander C. Alvarez

Alex Alvarez, PhD, is a professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice atNorthern Arizona University. From 2001 until 2003, he was the founding director of theMartin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values.In 2017–2018, he served as the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Holocaust andGenocide Studies at Stockton University. His first book, Governments, Citizens, and Genocide,was published by Indiana University Press in 2001. His other books include Murder AmericanStyle (2002), Genocidal Crimes (2009), Native America and the Question of Genocide (2014), andUnsteady Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide (2017). He has also served as an editorfor the journal Violence and Victims, was a founding coeditor of the journal Genocide Studiesand Prevention, and is an editor for Genocide Studies International. He has been invited to speakand present his research across North America and Europe.