HFA Campus Visit with Dr. Amanda McCorkindale '06

Amanda McCorkindale, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester. With expertise in humanitarianism, education, and humanitarian action, McCorkindale’s research and teaching focus on bridging academic theory with real-world practice. She holds a MA in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response (University of Manchester), a MScEd in Secondary Social Studies Education (Hofstra University) and a BA in History with a minor in Sociology (UMass Amherst). 

Her PhD in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response (University of Manchester) focused on using empathy as a critical pedagogy when teaching young people about global and local humanitarian topics jointly supervised in HCRI and the Education department. She teaches and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students, contributing to HCRI’s interdisciplinary focus on humanitarianism, history, peace, conflict, medicine, disaster response and resiliency. 

Her current research focuses on humanitarian pedagogy (including humanitarian education, empathy, trauma-informed approaches and disaster risk reduction); and humanitarian ethics and decision-making.