Jennifer Mincin

Jennifer (Jenny) Mincin, PhD, MPA, MPhil Jenny, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the Crisis Prevention and Intervention Certificate, has over twenty-five years of experience in the government, non-governmental, and academic sectors. Jenny has also taught as Adjunct Professor at Hunter College in the Human Rights Program, Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work and Fordham University’s Center for Nonprofit Leaders. Jenny has worked for the City of New York, International Rescue Committee, Federal Emergency Management Agency as well as local, state and international entities. As a full-time, Associate Professor in the Human Services Department, Jenny teaches in traditional and innovative settings including classroom, online and independent studies. Course work includes Refugees and Displaced Populations, Family Violence and Abuse, Crisis Intervention, PTSD and Resiliency, Health and Mental Health Policy, Social Welfare Policy, Case Management, Trauma, Disaster Mental Health, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research in Social Sciences, Crisis Intervention, Humanitarian Systems, and policy courses in addition to foundational human services and policy courses. Develop new courses such as Disaster Mental Health and Refugees and Displaced Populations. Research areas include crisis and crisis interventions, vulnerable populations (disability, aging, women and girls, refugees and displaced populations/mixed flows), strength-based approaches (resilience and community integration), public and behavioral health models, and policy analysis as well as program evaluation and quality improvement science as a means for strengthening services. She is also a mentor for active duty military, veterans, and military family members and is an Online Curriculum Coordinator responsible for managing, coordinating and developing online courses that meet rigorous academic and federal standards. Member of the Refugee and Gender Research Team with fellow colleagues at Rutgers University and Church World Service. While at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Jenny served as Deputy Director in the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Unit and Regional Director. As Deputy Director, she oversaw the emergency response team, research, and the operations and grants team. As Regional Director, she managed ten U.S. Programs offices with over 250 staff and multi-million-dollar budgets as well as played a key leadership role on the senior team. She was responsible for delivery of services to refugees for all program areas including case management, employment services, social adjustment, and health and wellness. Jenny worked on several projects including the Health and Wellness programming, core sector development, Program Framework, Harvard Health Assessment, Strategic Planning, and a study on refugee self-sufficiency. Prior to IRC, Jenny worked with and for FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, HHS, HUD, and international, state and local governments. She was a former Director for Human Services at Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, Manager for City of New York (OEM and DOH) including for the 9/11 Crisis Counseling program Project Liberty and response. She has worked on several local disasters and crises as well as federally declared disasters such as September 11 terrorist attacks, 2003 Blackout, and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as serving as a member of the Special Needs team for the post-Katrina housing program in New Orleans, The Road Home. Jenny got her start as an Assistant HIV Counselor working with post-partum women and their children at the Peter Kruger Clinic/Beth Israel Medical Center in lower Manhattan. Jenny has a PhD in Social Welfare Policy and a Master of Philosophy in Social Welfare Policy from Hunter College School of Social Work/CUNY Graduate Center. She also has an MPA from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and received her BA from Barnard College/Columbia University in Religion and Environmental Science. Publications Books Humanitarian Disaster Mental Health: A Practitioners Comprehensive Guide. In development. Humanitarian and Disaster Case Management: A Practitioners Comprehensive Guide. In development. Phillips, B. & Mincin, J. (2023). Disaster recovery, 3rd Ed. CRCPress, Taylorand Francis Publishing. Peer Review Articles Accepted/Under Press Mincin, J., Khetarpal, R. & Steiner, J. (Under review). Refugee community health promotion: A program evaluation study. Mincin, J., Khetarpal, K., & Steiner, J. (2022). Protecting Vulnerable Populations During Health Emergencies: COVID-19 Pandemic and Displaced Populations. Journal of Emergency Management Vol 20(9): Special issue on COVID-19 and Mental Health 2022Ed.https://wmpllc.org/ojs/index.php/jem/index. Bonanno, R., McConnaughey, S., &Mincin, J. (2021). Children’s Experiences with School Lockdown Drills: A Pilot Study. Children & Schools, AdvanceArticle, 1-1. Access at https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/children-s-experiences-with-school-lockdown-drills-a-pilot-study-f6ivPfG4YL. Mincin, J.& Hansen, R. (2019). Integration of Disaster Mental Health in Higher Education. Journal ofEmergencyManagement.Vol. 17(3) 217-224 May/June.DOI: https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2019.0421. Baecher, L., Kasper, J. &Mincin, J. (2019).Educating students of refugee backgrounds: Critical language teacher education in TESOL.CATESOL Journal, v31 n1 p165-179. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=TESOL&id=EJ1238806 Mincin, J. & Ray, M. (2017). Iraqi Refugee Resettlement: Healing Through Religion and Community. Social Dialogue International Association of Schools of Social Work. Vol. 1 (17) 16-19 Feb 2017. Mincin, J. (2012; doctoral dissertation). Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S.-Based Refugee Resettlement Program: A Survey of International Rescue Committee Employee Perceptions. Academic Works City University of New York. Accepted with Revisions Eliseo-Arras, R. K., Paterson, M., Nyaronga, D., Sheppard, S., Mincin, J., Scott, C. F., & Brous, R. (Accepted with revisions). A qualitative study on defining addiction to non-suicidal self-injury. The Qualitative Report. In Development Mincin, J., Khetarpal, R., Yu, Melanie, &Axt, R. (In development). Continuity of care among asylees in the U.S.: A qualitative case study. Mincin, J. (In development). Current Analysis of Refugees in the US: Concepts of wellbeing and holisticsocialwork approaches. Mincin, J., &Khetarpal, R. (In development). Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health, and Integration of Refugee Survivors of Sexual Violence in the U.S. Mincin, J., Hansen, R., & Davis, E.A. (In development). Community organizing in the aftermath ofdisasters: Empowerment and resiliency. Eliseao-Arras, R. &Mincin, J. (In development). Exploration into Faculty Feelings of Success Study. Peer Reviewed Book Chapters Mincin, J. (2021). International and humanitarian disaster relief. In Phillips, B. (Eds), Introduction to Emergency Management, 3rd Ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Mincin, J. (2019). International emergency management in Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer Publishing: New York. Mincin, J. (2019). Emergency management: special populations in Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer Publishing: New York. Mincin, J. (2018). Substance use during and after disaster: A practitioner’s guide. In MacMillian&Sisselman (eds), New Directions in Treatment, Education, and Outreach for Mental Health and Addiction. Springer Publishing: New York, NY. Mincin, J. (2018). Overcoming stigma, breaking down barriers. In MacMillian&Sisselman, New Directions in Treatment, Education, and Outreach for Mental Health and Addiction. Springer Publishing: New York, NY Mincin, J. & Phillips, B. (2017). International and humanitarian disaster relief. In Phillips, B. (Eds), Introduction to Emergency Management, 2nd Ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Mincin, J. et al. (2013). Disability. In A. Fothergill, W. E. Lovekamp, B. Phillips, & D. S. K. Thomas (Eds), Social vulnerability to disasters, 2nd Ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Davis, E. A., Markenson, D., &Mincin, J. (2010). Vulnerable populations and public health disaster preparedness. In D. Markenson& M. Reilly (Eds), Healthcare emergency management: Principles and practice. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. Clive, A., Davis, E. A., Hansen, R. &Mincin, J. (2010). Disability. In L. Blinn-Pike, A. Fothergill, B. Phillips, & D. S. K. Thomas (Eds), Social vulnerability to disasters. Washington, DC: FEMA Higher Education Project. Clive, A., Davis, E. A., Kushma, J., &Mincin, J. (2007). Identifying and accommodating high-risk and high-vulnerability populations. In T. G. Veenema (Ed), Disaster nursing and emergency preparedness for chemical, biological, and radiological terrorism and other hazards (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing. Mincin, J. (2005). Providing disaster mental health services to people with disabilities after September 11: Successes and lessons learned. In Y. Danielli. & R. L. Dingman (Eds), On the ground after September 11: Mental health responses and practical knowledge gained. New York, NY: Hawthorn. Board Reviewed, Technical Reports and Guidance Documents Mincin, J. (2020). Crisis intervention and emergency response for special needs and vulnerable populations: K-12 teacher training. ACT 48 AccreditedCommonwealth of Pennsylvania Boardof Education. Cardinal Point Homeland Security Group: PA. Mincin, J. (2020). Interacting with vulnerable students. Basic School Safety and Security Officer Training. ACT 67 Accredited by Commonwealth ofPennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Harrisburg, PA. Mincin, J. (2020). Sex trafficking of youth. Basic School Safety and Security Officer Training. ACT 67 Accredited by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Cardinal Point Homeland Security Group: PA. Mincin, J. (2020). Effects of youth trends and drugs. ACT 67 Accredited by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Cardinal Point Homeland Security Group: PA. Mincin, J. (2020). Violence and victimization: Challenge to development. ACT 67 Accredited by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Cardinal Point Homeland Security Group: PA. Mincin, J., Godsted, D., Harlan, S., Krumholtz, M., Poulin, P., & Sheldon, K. (2014). Evidence-based and program evaluation strategic planning. New York, NY: International Rescue Committee. Connor, C., Cop, S., Donovan, S., Gladfelter, K., Hill, T., Mincin, J, &Rippenkroeger, A. (2013). U.S. programs intended impact and program framework. Capacity Building and Health and Wellness. New York, NY: International Rescue Committee. Davis, E. A. &Mincin, J. (2009). Evacuating populations with special mobility needs. Washington, D. C.: U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Mincin, J. (2008). National Council on Disability. January 2008 Quarterly Meeting: People with disabilities and emergency management/congressional report. Washington D.C.: NCD. Retrieved from www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2008/Proceedings_Monograph.html Green, M. &Mincin, J. with contribution from Davis, E. A. & Hansen, R. (2007). Tips and tools for special needs preparedness planning: A special needs planning toolkit. Chicago, IL: Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Public Health Association.