Adjunct Professor of Asian Religion Dr. Thomas Selover is former President and Associate Professor of SunHak UP Graduate University in South Korea. He is currently serving as President of Professors World Peace Academy International, and as a member of the National Educational Advisory Team (NEAT) of FFWPU-USA.  Dr. Selover has taught at universities and colleges in the U.S., Canada, China and South Korea, including as Associate Professor and Department Head of Religious Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. His courses have ranged from World Religions and Methodology in the...

Frederick A. Swarts Adjunct Assistant Professor of Research Methods and Analysis in the Social Sciences Frederick A. Swarts, Ph.D., has had a distinguished career in academic, governmental, and nonprofit sectors. In academia, Dr. Swarts taught graduate courses in Research Methods, Sustainable Development, and Thesis at the University of Bridgeport, as well as Biology at Lackawanna College. He currently serves as Academic Dean at Bridgeport International Academy and Life Sciences Editor for New World Encyclopedia. In the governmental sector, Dr. Swarts served from 2010 to 2021 as a board...

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...

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy 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 influence on Tillich (Beyond Kantian Criticism: The...

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...

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Educational Assessment Jennifer Tanabe obtained both her Bachelors (1974) and Doctoral (1978) degrees in Experimental Psychology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She was also a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. She has taught courses in psychology, statistics, research methods, and Unification studies. Dr. Tanabe began working at Unification Theological Seminary in 1988, taking on various administrative responsibilities as well as teaching. She currently works as a freelance educational...

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...

Professor of Religious Education and Ministry, Emerita Rev. Kathy Winings, EdD, began teaching at HJI in 1989 and served as the Dean of Campus for the HJI New York City Extension Center having helped create it since its inception in August 2000. Together with faculty, staff and students she expanded HJ International’s influence throughout the greater metropolitan area of New York through the creation of various institutes and public programs, setting HJI on the path of becoming a premiere seminary for effective urban ministry. Dr. Winings contributes to the field of Religious...