Ben Ratskoff

Ben Ratskoff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Critical Theory and Social Justice at Occidental College. He holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Education: B.A. (Northwestern University); M.A., Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)

His research focuses on the intersections of antisemitism, colonialism, and white supremacy, alongside Holocaust memory and representation, and the intellectual dialogues between Black and Jewish thought. He teaches courses on antisemitism and the Holocaust, atrocity memory, comparative genocide studies, and advanced critical theory.