Prof. Fernando Chang-Muy (Muy like boy)

Thomas O'Boyle Lecturer in Law, U of PA School of Law

LocationPhiladelphia, PA

Preferred pronounhe/him

Email address

Telephone number2158980580

Websitewww.sp2.upenn.edu

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Biographical information

Fernando Chang-Muy is a lawyer, activist and strategic business adviser. He is the Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He also teaches courses at the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice on topics such as US Immigration Law, International Human Rights and Refugee Law, and Non Profit Leadership.

He has expansive, parallel careers in immigration and refugee law, education, philanthropy and leadership development: 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, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, advisor to the Provost on Equal Opportunity, and lecturer on International Human Rights in the Peace and Conflict Studies. In addition to teaching, he combines his experience in academia and operations, as principal and founder of Solutions International, providing independent management consulting, facilitation and training to philanthropic institutions, non profit organizations and government agencies. His areas of expertise include designing and facilitating large group, action-focused strategic planning processes, board governance retreats, staff internal communications systems, and resource development plans and individual donor campaigns. He has served on a number non profits Boards. He is author of numerous articles on diverse topics dealing with immigration & refugees, public health and management, and is co-editor of Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees and contributing author to diverse publications. He is a graduate of Loyola, Georgetown, Antioch and Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. He is a recipient of both the 2011 and 2018 Penn Law Public Interest Supervisor/Advisor of the Year Award honoring outstanding project supervisors and advisors; and the 2016 recipient of the Law School Beacon Award, recognizing exemplary commitment to pro bono work by a Penn Law faculty member.