Alumni News
Jamir Dean Meah '23 Returns to Teach Spiritual Care PracticeAugust 5, 2025
Jamir Dean Meah ‘23, a graduate of the MA in Interreligious Studies program, is back at HIU to lead a course on Theology and Scripture in Spiritual Care Practice. Designed for aspiring chaplains and ministers, the course explores how individuals in America’s diverse religious communities reflect on existential questions.
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Convocation 2025Help us celebrate HIU as it opens its 192nd academic year and welcomes President Sherry Turner.Convocation will be face-to-face in the Meeting Room at 77 Sherman Street as well as livestreamed on Facebook at this link: https://www.facebook.com/hartfordinternationalAll are welcome!
Alumni News
Imam Amir Durić '19 Promoted at Syracuse UniversityJuly 23, 2025
Syracuse University has named alum Imam Amir Durić '19 as the new assistant dean for religious and spiritual life at Hendricks Chapel. Durić, who has served as the Muslim chaplain at Hendricks Chapel since 2017, will now take on a broader leadership role, advancing interfaith engagement, spiritual wellness, and ethical development across the university community.
Jamir Meah
Affiliated Faculty
Jamir Dean Meah is an Islamic scholar whose areas of expertise include theology, Islamic law and legal hermeneutics, and Sufism. He received traditional training in the classical Islamic sciences over more than a decade of study in Tarim, Yemen, and Amman, Jordan, earning ijazat (teaching authorizations) from leading scholars.
Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy Students Experience a Transformative RetreatJuly 22, 2025
Eleven students from Hartford International University’s Master of Arts in Chaplaincy program gathered in June for their second annual retreat, a three-day immersion in spiritual reflection, creative collaboration, and communal healing.
Sherry Turner
President and Professor of Psychology and Practice
Sherry Turner, President of Hartford International University, is the third woman and the first African American to lead the institution. Dr. Turner has extensive experience in higher education, most recently as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Dr. Turner was raised and ordained in the Baptist church. Her experiences in ministry and the academy, particularly with diverse communities, sparked her passion to work in interfaith settings.
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