Graduate Student Seminar

February 21, 2025

10:00 a.m. ET

McConomy Auditorium, First Floor Cohon University Center

Science & Society Graduate Student Seminar

Modern Day Antisemitism: History, how we got here, and how to address it

Andrew Goretsky, EdD will be providing a brief overview of the history of antisemitism in reference to what we are seeing today.  This session will provide information about common antisemitic tropes and how they present in today’s environment.  Dr. Goretsky will provide insights into disinformation and misinformation in the online environment as it relates to the proliferation of hate in all forms.

Andrew GoretskyAndrew M. Goretsky, Ed.D.
Regional Director
Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Philadelphia   

Goretsky joined the ADL Philadelphia office, which serves Eastern PA, Southern NJ, and DE in January 2022. ADL is a leading anti-hate organization with a more than 100-year-old mission to “Fight the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure Justice and Fair Treatment to All.” Prior to joining ADL in 2022, Andrew worked in Higher Education Administration for 23 years.  Most recently he was Dean of Students at Arcadia University.  Goretsky also served in a variety of roles at The George Washington University; served in Residential Life at the University of Maryland; and led the Native American Special Interest Residential Community at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  Andrew began his career working with students with Learning Differences at Landmark College in Vermont.  Andrew holds a Doctor of Education, Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University; Master of Arts in Student Personnel Administration from New York University; and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from SUNY at Buffalo.   Andrew’s dissertation research is on Student Engagement and mobile technology and he has specific interest in the proliferation of hate in online spaces.

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