Alumnae Profiles
Rebecca Scott '06: Global Teacher and Scholar
Rebecca Scott ('06) was a joint major in Women's Studies and Spanish. After graduation, she took her global, gendered perspective to Guyana, where she worked as a Spanish and Reading teacher, and then moved up into administrative positions with WorldTeach and the Ministry of Education.
In the midst of applying to graduate schools, she had to coordinate the evacuation of her organization from Guyana. She graduated from Edinburgh University, with distinction, in the Anthropology of Health and Illness in 2009, after writing a thesis on a "mystery illness" affecting the female students at Santa Rosa Secondary School, where Rebecca used to teach. In the course of her research, Rebecca observed competing explanations of the illness: Western psychologists offered a diagnosis that was rejected by the local community, while the community accused local women of making the girls sick. Her passionate commitment to this work has led her to apply for a PhD in medical anthropology.
While awaiting news of graduate school acceptances, Rebecca has found work in her home community as the Site Manager for Community Action Program‚ Family Planning, Teen, and STI Clinics. This Title X Community Health Center serves as the primary reproductive health care provider for Central and Northern New Hampshire‚ uninsured and underinsured populations. As part of her job, Rebecca also coordinates outreach programs in schools, refugee groups and other communities. Rebecca hopes to continue her PhD studies starting in fall 2010.
