Emma McBurney
Yale University, B.A.
History fellow
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Work Phone: 860-
Year Appointed: 2012
Emma was born in and spent most of her childhood in London. She attended Cheltenham Ladies’ College, where she was a high-honors student, peer counselor, head of house and member of the crew. She finished high school at Phillips Exeter Academy, where she rowed, played goalie for the JV ice hockey team, and served as a dorm proctor, graduating with an honors diploma. As a junior at Exeter, she completed Harvard’s Undergraduate Russian Summer School at the Nevsky Institute in St. Petersburg. At Yale, Emma majored in anthropology and coxed the men’s heavyweight and lightweight crews. As a heavyweight coxswain she won a gold at the Head of the Charles Regatta; as the varsity lightweight coxswain she won the 2011 Intercollegiate Rowing Association’s national championship and competed at the Henley Royal Regatta. During summers in college, Emma taught rowing to New Haven area children with Yale Community Rowing and also worked as a basketball referee, house painter, nanny and data-compiler. At Taft, Emma serves as the Dankin Teaching Fellow in history, lives on HDT 4 and coaches boys’ crew, thirds field hockey and girls’ JV ice hockey.
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