Benjamin Madley

About the Author

Benjamin Madley is a distinguished historian and professor at UCLA, where he specializes in the history of genocide, Native American studies, and the American West. His groundbreaking research illuminates the often-overlooked atrocities committed against indigenous populations, drawing on meticulous archival evidence to challenge traditional narratives of American expansion. Madley's work has been widely acclaimed for its rigorous scholarship and unflinching examination of the human cost of Manifest Destiny. As a leading voice in genocide studies, he contributes to public understanding through lectures, articles, and his seminal book, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846–1873 (The Lamar Series in Western History), which earned prestigious awards and reshaped scholarly discourse on the California Indian catastrophe.