Recent Publications
Nyseth Brehm, Hollie, Amanda Robinson, and Mini Saraswati. 2021. “Triggers of Escalations in Violence Against Civilians by Non-State Actors in Africa.” Terrorism and Political Violence.
Fox, Nicole, Jamie D. Wise, and Hollie Nyseth Brehm. 2021. “Following Heavenly Orders: Positive Deviance and the Denial of Responsibility in Narratives of Rescue.” Deviant Behavior.
Nyseth Brehm, Hollie, Michelle L. O’Brien, and j. Wahutu Siguru. 2021. “Problems with Oversimplified Categories in the Study of Collective Violence.” Sociology of Development.
Nyseth Brehm, Hollie, Laura C. Frizzell, Christopher Uggen, and Evelyn Gertz. 2021. “Consequences of Judging in Transitional Justice Courts.” British Journal of Criminology.
Nyseth Brehm, Hollie, Nicole Fox, Courtney DeRoche, and Jamie D. Wise. 2021. “In the Aftermath: The Post-Conflict Social and Economic Consequences of Rescue During Genocide.” Journal of Genocide Research.
Fox, Nicole, Hollie Nyseth Brehm, and John Gasana Gasasira. 2021. “The Impact of Religious Beliefs, Practices, and Social Networks on Rwandan Rescue Efforts During Genocide.” Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal.
Susanne Karstedt, Hollie Nyseth Brehm, and Laura C. Frizzell. 2021. “Genocide, Mass Atrocity and Theories of Crime: Unlocking Criminology’s Potential.” Annual Review of Criminology.
Taylor, Whitney and Hollie Nyseth Brehm. 2021. “Sanctioning Genocide: To What Effect?” Sociological Perspectives.
I am an Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. My research assesses why and how genocide happens and how countries rebuild in the aftermath. I am currently working on two major research projects, funded by two grants from the National Science Foundation. These projects examine Rwanda's post-genocide gacaca courts and the reentry and reintegration processes of those sentenced to prison by these courts. My scholarship was awarded the 2023 International Association of Genocide Scholars Engaged Scholar Award, and I recently completed a fellowship at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study for my book project on Rwandans who are finishing their prison sentences for genocide and returning to their communities (to be published by Oxford University Press).
At Ohio State, I teach classes on global crime, violence, and terrorism. I also created and lead a study abroad class called Genocide and Its Aftermath in Rwanda. I have been honored to receive the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, which is given to one of the college's 500 faculty members annually, and the Ohio State Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, which is the university's highest teaching honor. Apart from teaching, I particularly love advising undergraduate thesis research.
I am the Global Editor in Chief of the International Association of Genocide Scholars Policy Brief Initiative and serve as a consultant for a federal instability and atrocity prediction task force. I also work with several nonprofit and government organizations related to atrocity prevention, memorialization, and refugee advocacy. You can contact me at nzitatira[dot]1[at]osu[dot]edu.