Rebecca S.B. Fischer

Rebecca S.B. Fischer is an infectious disease epidemiologist with training and experience in epidemiologic response (including outbreak response and rapid assessments), tropical diseases, and field methods. She has experience conducting surveillance and investigations for endemic and infectious diseases and is particularly interested in global health, emerging diseases, and international disease spread.

Two men wearing and advocating the use of flu masks in Paris during the Spanish flu epidemic, 1919

Health

What’s the Difference between Pandemic, Epidemic, and Outbreak?

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. What exactly does that mean?

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Arts & Culture

Doing Math with Intellectual Humility

Math class is an opportunity to teach students both how to use conjecture to arrive at knowledge and how to learn from the logic of peers.

Arts & Culture

Willie Mae Thornton Deserves Your Full Attention

In a meditative new biography, DJ and scholar Lynnée Denise examines the mysteries and trials in the life of the legendary performer.

Politics & History

The Fourteenth Amendment: Annotated

Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution addresses citizenship rights, due process, and equal protection under the law.

Education & Society

Class Production

A collection of high school yearbooks from Cleveland captures the rise, fall, and uncertain future of the American middle class.

Education & Society

Intellectual Humility: Foundations and Key Concepts

Research about intellectual humility has exploded in the past decade. Psychologist Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso offers an annotated bibliography of key texts.

Rebecca S.B. Fischer

What’s the Difference between Pandemic, Epidemic, and Outbreak?

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