Measles: A Global History
Elena Conis, Professor
Journalism
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
Students engaged in this project will help conduct research for a forthcoming book on the history of measles. The vaccine-preventable disease is rare in the US, though it has caused several noteworthy outbreaks in recent years and much larger outbreaks abroad. It has also, more recently, become an important referent during the Covid pandemic. This project will reconstruct the arc of measles' history around the world from its earliest appearances, through its global spread via colonization, to its eventual control via vaccination.
Role: Apprentices engaged in this project will attend weekly research meetings, collect secondary and primary sources, produce research memos summarizing sources found, and assist in organizing sources using Google Drive and Zotero.
Qualifications: Experience using various library research databases including but not limited to PubMed, JStor, Hathitrust, ProQuest, and others. Experience with Zotero preferred but not required.
Hours: to be negotiated
Social Sciences