Stefan Ionescu, PhD completed his dissertation on the process of Romanianization – property seizure and exclusion from employment – in the city of Bucharest during the Antonescu Regime (1940-1944), focusing on the responses of local Jews and gentiles. His work has been published in Studia Politica, Culture and Psychology, Holocaust Studies: A Journal of History and Culture, and several collective volumes. Dr. Ionescu received his BA and MAs in Law, Jewish Studies, and Modern European History from the University of Bucharest (Romania) and Central European University of Budapest (Hungary). His dissertation supervisor was Professor Deborah Dwork. Dr. Ionescu holds a position as a Research Associate at Chapman University, where he was awarded a Holocaust Teaching Fellowship at the Rodgers Center of Holocaust Education.