Rev. Demian Dunkley formerly served as the President of Family Federation in the United States of America, during which time he worked closely with the American Clergy Leadership Conference as the executive producer of the popular Peace Starts With Me Rallies, filling stadiums across America and hosting online rallies with hundreds of thousands in attendance. In October, 2020, Rev. Dunkley was appointed as the Family Federation Regional President of Asia Pacific 1, which includes 20 nations, and is home to 3.7 billion people. After completing three years in that position, he was asked by...

Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies c.perrottet@hji.edu Dr. Claude Perrottet is a trained scholar and a published author with a Master of Divinity from UTS and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from Canada’s Laval University. Dr. Perrottet teaches courses in HJI’s Graduate Program in Peace Studies and previously taught in the Graduate Program of Global Development and Peace Studies at the University of Bridgeport. He has notably published “Immanuel Kant’s Perpetual Peace: The New World Order of Critical Philosophy,” a book on Kant’s...

Adjunct Associate Professor Basil Ugorji, Ph.D. is a peace and conflict scholar. Dr. Ugorji’s research focuses on innovative approaches to navigating the complex landscape of traumatic memories of war and violence. His expertise lies in contributing to the profound task of achieving national reconciliation in postwar transitional societies. With research published in peer-reviewed journals such as Ethnic Studies Review, and currently serving as the editor of the Journal of Living Together, Dr. Ugorji is dedicated to fostering scholarly discourse and advancing new knowledge in the field....

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ministry Acknowledged by NY as among the Staten Island Power 100 & as NYC Power 100 Religious leaders for the past 5 years, Rev. Dr. Demetrius S. Carolina has distinguished himself as an effective regional proven leader. He serves as Senior Pastor at First Central Baptist Church. He is also CEO of Dior Consultants LLC, a de-carbonization alternative energy development corporation. He is an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University in the School of Education & HJ International Graduate School. He served as Executive Director of the Central Family...

Freelance educational consultant, editor, and author Contact: Dr. Jennifer P. Tanabe Dr. Tanabe studied Psychology in her home country of Scotland before moving to the United States as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. In addition to teaching graduate level courses, and serving as the Social Sciences Editor for New World Encyclopedia, she works as a freelance educational consultant, editor, and author. Her interests cover a broad range of topics in the Social Sciences, particularly as they relate to Unificationism, as...

Lecturer in Korean Language Christina Miyake is a Lecturer in Korean Language at HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership. A native English speaker, she has studied the Korean language most of her life, including time abroad in South Korea as an adolescent and again as a university student. Having begun her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, her desire to further her Korean language study led her to uproot her life in the United States and move to South Korea, where she received her undergraduate degree at Sun Moon University. While living in South...