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Rebecca Winthrop

Rebecca Winthrop

Co-Director, Center for Universal Education
Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Rebecca Winthrop is a fellow and co-director of the Center for Universal Education. She is the former head of education for the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian aid NGO, focuses on education in contexts of armed conflict, forced migration, and fragility.



Expertise

International education; humanitarian assistance; forced migration; children's well-being; post-conflict reconstruction; education in emergencies and state fragility

  • Language Fluency:
  • Spanish

Background

Past Positions
Head of education for the International Rescue Committee; Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies Steering Group, Minimum Standards Working Group, and Working Group on Education and Fragility; United Nations Humanitarian Aid Reform – Education Advisory Committee; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Safe Schools Advisory Committee; Lecturer at Columbia University and University of Ulster; various positions with civil society and UN agencies advancing education for refugees and migrants

Education

PhD, Columbia University, Teachers College, 2008; MA, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, 2001; BA, Swarthmore College, 1996

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