Welcome to the Justice & Peace Studies Program!

The Georgetown University Program on Justice and Peace (JUPS) is a transdisciplinary community committed to both the academic study and lived practice of peace and social justice.

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Creative and Collaborative Explorations

The Justice and Peace Studies (JUPS) Program fosters creative and collaborative explorations of complex questions of applied philosophy, domestic and global politics. Innovative approaches to teaching and learning, including social action, community engagement, experiential learning, and research, are hallmarks of the program.

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Justice and Peace Studies Professor Kimberly Huisman Publishes New Book

Professor Kimberly Huisman, who is teaching Dialogue in Polarized America this semester, has published a new book entitled Fostering Belonging and Equity in the Classroom and on Campus. The book…

September 25, 2026

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Notes from the field: JUPS Students’ Summer Research

Three Justice and Peace Studies students presented their summer research projects at the 2026 Global Social Justice Research Symposium, hosted by the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching…

September 20, 2026

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Justice and Peace Studies Alumni, Lily Odenwelder, Earns Teaching English as a Foreign Teacher Certificate Before Move to Singapore

The Justice and Peace Studies program offered its students a stipend to support their work during the summer months. Recent graduate Lily Odenwelder (CAS ’26), a Global Health major with…

September 16, 2026