Terence Sinabajije, PhD.

Dr. Terence Sinabajije is a liberal art assistant professor at Oakton College teaching psychology courses. He also teaches at St. Augustine College in Chicago and Lewis University in Romeoville in the social work and psychology departments. Dr. Terence Sinabajije was born and raised in Burundi, and spent more than a decade in various refugee camps in the Republic of Tanzania and Zambia where he forcefully lived as a refugee. Dr. Sinabajije was one of a few lucky ones who received a refugee resettlement in the United States. He arrived to Chicago in 2004. For the past 30 years, Dr. Sinabajije held several leadership positions working nationally and internationally in non-profit organizations including International Rescue Committee (IRC), Christian Out-Reach Relief and Development (CORD), Heartland Human Care Services (HHCS), Catholic Charities (CCUSA), Ethiopian Community Association (ECC), World Relief Chicago (WRC), Refugee One (RO), Interfaith Ministries (IRIM), Pan-African Association (PAA), Agents of Hope Training and Information Center (AHTI), and Maryville Academy (MA) to name a few. Dr. Sinabajije is an Institutional Review Board member at St. Augustine College/Lewis University, National Association for Social Workers (NASW) and Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), Community Psychology Division 27 of American Psychological Association. Dr. Sinabajije holds a BSW from St. Augustine College, an MSW from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a PhD in Community Psychology from National Louis University, Chicago.