Brooke Burrows

Brooke Burrows is a fourth-year doctoral candidate specializing in social change processes with a focus on collective action, conflict resolution, and international justice mechanisms.

She received a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship for her research work.

Currently, Brooke works as a research consultant with Columbia University's Center for Justice, where she explores how public recounting of suffering can lead to empowerment and conflict reconciliation.

Brooke's professional background includes roles as a graduate research and teaching assistant, where she created curriculum on social identity, diversity, and inclusion.

With experience as a Peace Corps Armenia Community Development Volunteer and an AmeriCorps Project Conserve Member, Brooke is dedicated to applying research to understand and address the needs of vulnerable communities in a connected yet resource-stressed world.

Her ongoing research projects involve studying perceived injustice and empowerment among activists in Armenia's Velvet Revolution, exploring the impact of intergroup conflict exposure on conflict perpetuation support, and examining stereotypes and privilege in activism.

Brooke's educational journey includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Human Rights from Columbia University, Tibetan Studies from Emory University, and pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Psychology with a focus on the Psychology of Peace and Violence at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.