Rebecca Kaplan
(She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor
History
- Assistant ProfessorHistory
- 405-744-5679 (Work)
- 101 Social Sciences and Humanities, Stillwater, OK, 74078
BIO & RESEARCH INTERESTs
Dr. Kaplan's research and teaching operate at intersections between the biological sciences, social sciences, and humanities. She specializes in the history of animal disease and public health. Her major project is a book on brucellosis in the United States that employs cross disciplinary research to examine human management of environments and non-human animals in the context of controlling human health and disease.
Research Interests:
History of health sciences
History of agriculture
Multi-specie histories of infectious diseases
Animal studies
Epidemiology
One Health
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant ProfessorOklahoma State University, History, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States2021 - present
DEGREES
- PhD, History of Health SciencesUniversity of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, United States
- MS, EpidemiologyThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
- BS, Biological Sciences and History and PolicyCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Cain FellowScience History Institute, Philadelphia, United StatesPostdoctoral Fellowship
- Mellon/ACLS Public FellowAmerican Council of Learned Societies, Pulitzer Center, Washington D.C., United States
FACULTY/STAFF OR STUDENT
- Faculty/Staff
CAMPUS
- Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
DEPARTMENT
- History