Rebecca Brubaker

Rebecca Brubaker

With FWC	Summer 2005 Sep. 2006 – May 2007
Title	Fulbright Scholar


Degree(s)	BA; Honors major in Political Science Honors minor in Psychology
Filed(s) of study	Political Science and Psychology
University(ies)	Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.
Specialization(s)	Conflict Resolution<Refugee and Immigrant Issues
Notable Achievements	Winner of 2008 Rhodes Scholarship Recipient of Fulbright Scholarship

Rebecca Brubaker first visited Future Worlds Center in the summer of 2005 as an intern with the Unit of Civil Society and Future Affairs and then as visiting scientist through a Fulbright scholarship between Sep. 2006 – May 2007.

During her stay in Cyprus, Rebecca worked with Turkish and Greek speaking Keryneias using Questions such as:

How do you envision the future of Kyrenia?
What are obstacles that prevent you as a Kyrenian from attaining your vision?
What are actions that need to be taken to overcome the obstacles and attain your vision?

Rebecca organized an SDDP to define a Vision of a future idea Kyrenia with Greek Cypriot refugees from Kyrenia. The dialogue was implemented also under the Peaceful Europe Project. Yiannis Laouris served as main Facilitator and Tonia Loizidou, Kerstin Wittig and Elia Petridou as SDDP co-Facilitators. The SDDP was spread over a number of sessions, which took place on the 30/04/2007, 2,14,15/05/2007.

Short Bio

Rebecca Brubaker received her B.A. from Swarthmore College in 2006. She graduated with an Honor’s degree in Political Science (major) and Psychology (minor).

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