Dr. Rachel N. Baum is Deputy Director of the Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Baum’s current research focuses on how new technologies such as holography and virtual reality are impacting our memory of the Holocaust. She has presented her work at conferences in Tel Aviv, Berlin, Southampton, and Los Angeles, and is currently working on a monograph on the subject.
Dr. Baum regularly teaches courses on the Holocaust, Jewish film, and Jewish-American culture.