Autor: JD Mr. Fernando Chang-Muy

Fernando Chang-Muy, MA, JD, is the Thomas O”Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law, with appointments at the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice and the School of Arts and Sciences. His courses and areas of expertise include international human rights, US immigration policies, international refugee law, the impact of race in diverse communities, and nonprofit leadership issues. He served as Legal Officer with both the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO), AIDS Program. He also served as the first director of Swarthmore College”s Intercultural Center, as well as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, advisor to the Provost on Equal Opportunity, and lecturer on International Human Rights in the Peace and Conflict Studies. He began his legal career as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia serving as Director of the Southeast Asian Refugee Project, providing free legal aid to low-income immigrants and refugees in Philadelphia.