Jocelyn Barrett

Professional Background

Jocelyn Barrett holds a master's degree in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from Stockton University, where her thesis, “Researching Continuity between the Colonial and Nazi Periods in German History: An Experience with Method,” earned the Franklin L. Littell Book Award. She also received a bachelor's degree in history with a minor in Holocaust studies from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. During her fellowship at the Museum, she was a Genocide Prevention Research Analyst at Genocide Watch.

Ms. Barrett’s scholarship focuses on Nazi propaganda, perpetrator behavior, and genocide prevention. As a graduate student, she served as an administrative assistant at the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center and a graduate assistant for the “Drawing Against Oblivion” exhibition by Manfred Bockelmann and the Hammerschlag exhibition at the Chabad Ventnor Shul – Chai Center.

In 2016, Ms. Barrett became the first United States citizen to complete the Genocide Prevention Certification Program at the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. During the program, she collaborated with a United Nations Human Rights Officer in the Joint Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect, where she completed a capstone research project examining cultural identity and the forced removal of Lakota children.

Fellowship Research

While at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as a Summer Graduate Student Research Fellow, Jocelyn Barrett is working with Dr. Elizabeth Anthony on a series of primary-source supplements for undergraduate classrooms, composed of original documents from the International Tracing Service Digital Archive.

Residency Period: June 1, 2017 - August 31, 2017