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Rachel Burcin Associate Director, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Initiative School of Education University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA Email: rburcin@andrew.cmu.edu |
- University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D. in Comparative and International Analysis in Education, present)
- Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School (M.A., Public Management)
- University of Pittsburgh and Comenius University (B.A. in Economics)
Professional Biography
Rachel Burcin is Graduate Programs and Immigration Coordinator of the Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). In this capacity, she develops international technology programs. Her primary research interests are issues of development, equity, and technology.
As an undergraduate student, Burcin studied economics at the University of Pittsburgh and Comenius University. She received her B.A. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh. After having been awarded a master of Public Management from Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz School, she began additional graduate coursework at University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education.
Her passion is building bridges and communities of learning and practice. She has served as an advisor or board member for the UNESCO Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project (Pittsburgh Site), the Intercultural House of Pittsburgh, FIRST, and the Institute for Science and Technology Education. She was a founding co-director of the International Linkage Program (ILP) of the Institute for International Studies in Education, University of Pittsburgh. Through the ILP, she had the honor to work with Dr. Seth Spaulding, Dr. Bunt. Singh, and Dr. Clementina Acedo.
