Why do you think they call it the oldest hatred?  
Anti-Semitism: Past and Present

William I. Brustein, PhD
Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of History
West Virginia University

Dr. William I. Brustein has published widely in the areas of political extremism and ethnic/religious/racial prejudice. Dr. Brustein’s book The Logic of Evil: The Social Origins of the Nazi Party, 1925-1933 (Yale University Press) was named the winner of the 1997 James S. Coleman Distinguished Contribution to Rational-Choice Scholarship from the American Sociological Association.

As the former Vice President for Global Strategies and International Affairs at West Virginia University, he dedicated himself to fully integrating international and multicultural experiences into the academic units within the university and expanding and enhancing its global reach. Dr. Brustein has spent his administrative career focused on international education and has extensive leadership experience in building international partnerships. Before joining West Virginia University in 2016, he was the Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs and President of The Ohio State University Global Gateways, an arm of OSU’s Office of International Affairs under which the institution opened offices in Shanghai, Mumbai, and São Paulo.  

He has previously served as president of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) and chair of NAFSA’s International Education Leadership Knowledge Community. He is also the recipient of the 2013 Charles Klasek Award for outstanding service to the field of international education administration by AIEA and an inaugural inductee in the National Academy for International Education.  

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