Brooke Burrows
A fifth-year doctoral candidate specializing in social change processes including collective action, conflict resolution, and international justice mechanisms, Burrows was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship for her work examining how public recounting of suffering can lead to processes of meaning-making and empowerment, with downstream impact for conflict reconciliation outcomes. Burrows double majored in Psychology and Human Rights from Columbia University, graduating in 2015, and was awarded the Myra Kraft Prize for Superior Academic Achievement in the Study of Human Rights. During this time, as a Kenneth Cole Community Engagement Fellow, Burrows worked with the Fortune Society helping to address the issue of food insecurity for formerly incarcerated individuals in New York City. With previous experience in monitoring and evaluation as both a Peace Corps Armenia Community Development Volunteer and an AmeriCorps Project Conserve Member in her hometown in western North Carolina, Burrows is invested in the application of research to better understand and address the needs of vulnerable communities facing an increasingly connected but also resource-stressed world.
Biography current as of April 18, 2022