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The Humanitarian Action program raises awareness about humanitarian issues and builds skills and strategies for effective and compassionate action.
The Program offers students with the opportunity to:
- Minor in Humanitarian Action.
- Intern with organizations such as Save the Children, AmeriCares, Caroline House, Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), and the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants
- Enroll in our Peace Corp Preparation Program.
- Join our dynamic Humanitarian Action Student group.
- Participate in co-curricular activities including immersions trips to the United Nations, an alternative spring break to work with refugees in Abilene, TX and Atlantica Hope, a humanitarian simulation experience.
- Attend the JUHAN biennial student leadership conferences.
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Our Team

Janie L. Leatherman
Professor
Politics & International Studies
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Julie Mughal
Associate Director
Humanitarian Action
Center for Social Impact
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Humanitarian Action Minor
Faculty Resources
JUHAN Assessment Toolkit for Universities' Humanitarian Engagements is a compilation of tools to measure student learning in the context of humanitarian coursework and co-curricular engagements. It consists of cognitive and affective learning outcomes as well as tools to measure student learning on such as defined rubric traits, a vignette, a course survey, and prompts for engaging students in reflecting on their service experiences. The toolkit also showcases syllabi from a selection of JUHAN courses which illustrates the many fields of study in which faculty can incorporate humanitarian themes into their existing courses in creative and interesting ways.
Faculty who are interested in teaching a course in the minor should reach out to either Janie Leatherman, Director jleatherman@fairfield.edu or Julie Mughal, Associate Director, jmughal@fairfield.edu for more information.