Dana Burde
Assistant Professor of International Education, New York University
dana.burde@nyu.edu http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Dana_Burde http://www.columbia.edu/~dsb33/Professor Dana Burde is an Assistant Professor of International Education at New York University and an Affiliate at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. Her research and teaching focus on politics, humanitarianism and education in countries and regions affected by conflict. In this context, she examines the ways in which non-state actors and transnational networks create institutional and normative change.
Beyond the university, Burde’s work as an international education consultant includes assessment and evaluation of post-conflict programs in the Balkans; civil society building in the Caucasus; refugee education in Pakistan; and research on parent and community participation in community schools in Central Asia, Central America and Mali.
Burde received a B.A. from Oberlin College, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education with a concentration in Political Science from Columbia University.
Selected Publications
With Leigh Linden, "The effect of proximity on school enrollment: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Afghanistan." (Working Paper, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, forthcoming).
"Preventing violent attacks on education in Afghanistan: Considering the role of community-based schools." Education Under Attack: A Call to Action (UNESCO, 2010).
“Lost in translation: Parent teacher associations and reconstruction in Bosnia in the late 1990s.” American Post-Conflict Education Reform: From the Spanish-American War to Iraq, ed. Noah W. Sobe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
“Empower or control? Education in emergencies and global governance.” Current Issues in Comparative Education (2007).
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