Erin McGlothlin

Erin McGlothlin is the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies, a Professor of German and Jewish Studies, and Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs at Washington University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Her leadership spans curriculum development, student life, and postgraduate success, emphasizing the transformative power of liberal arts education.

• PhD, University of Virginia

Her research focuses on Holocaust literature and film, German-Jewish literature, narrative theory, memory studies, and the graphic novel. She explores ethical dilemmas in Holocaust representation, perpetrator trauma, and the interplay of memory and narrative.

McGlothlin’s publications include monographs and co-edited volumes on Holocaust narratives, digital media’s impact on German studies, and the construction of testimony. Her 2021 book earned the 2023 Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize, a first for a non-historian.

• 2023 Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize
• Research Fellow, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
• DAAD Guest Professor, 2010
• $1.3M UK Arts and Humanities Research Council grant

As co-leader of the Literacies for Life and Career initiative and co-editor of the Camden House Book Series, she bridges academic scholarship with public discourse. Her work with the Camden House and editorial boards advances Holocaust and Jewish studies globally.