Ashley Valanzola is an Assistant Professor of History. She teaches classes on the Holocaust, France, and Women's History. In 2021, she earned her doctorate in history from the George Washington University. Her book, "When She Remembered: Seven Women Who Transformed French Holocaust Memory," examines a cohort of influential women, from well-known figures such as Simone Veil to memory activist Sabine Zlatin, and their work to shape the production of Holocaust memory from 1945 to the present. Her next project will examine the evolution of Holocaust memory in France, focused on the national site of remembrance known as the Maison d'Izieu. 

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Books: When She Remembered: Seven Women Who Transformed French Holocaust Memory. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, Forthcoming June 2026.

Making the Memory of Izieu, in preparation.

With Jonathan Zisook. Afterlife of the Sacred: Holocaust Museums and American Jewish Identity.          

Peer-Reviewed Articles: “Chic Comrades: Denise Baumann and the Rescue of Jewish Children at the Chateau du Masgelier, 1943.” French History (Submitted).

With Jonathan Zisook. “Afterlife of the Sacred: The Display of Torah Scrolls at Regional Holocaust Museums.” Jewish Social Studies (Forthcoming Fall 2025).

With Chad Gibbs, “Exploring Holocaust Memory in the South: The Cases of Whitwell and Charleston.” Southern Jewish History (Under Peer Review).

“The Era of the Female Witness: Jewish Women and the Trial of Klaus Barbie.” Holocaust and Genocide Studies 38, issue 2 (Fall 2024).

“Student Disclosure: The Aftermath of Teaching about Sexual Violence in the Classroom.” Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies (April 2021).  

Book Chapters:

“Simone de Beauvoir: 1908-1986.” Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments through History. Santa Barbara: ABC CLIO (January 2022).  

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