Katrin Fischer

Lecturer in University Writing

Departments/Programs

Writing Program

Degrees

University of Paderborn, Ph.D.
Babson College, M.B.A.
Chemnitz University of Technology, M.A.

Expertise

science and nature writing | business writing | intersections between business and the liberal arts | pedagogy

Profile

Katrin Fischer specializes in science and nature writing, and in business writing. She focuses on the intersections between business and the liberal arts, and on the transferability of writing skills across disciplines and to professional contexts.

Before joining Brandeis, she taught at Babson College, at Bentley University, and at universities in Germany. She worked as Director of Marketing for the US subsidiary of a German company, and as trainer and facilitator for a professional development company in Germany.

Katrin Fischer is the author or editor of three books and has published articles on diverse topics, from crime fiction to the pedagogy of teaching to marketing.

Courses Taught

UWS	17b	Bodies of Evidence: Forensic Science in Fact and Fiction
UWS	32a	True or Truthiness?
UWS	43a	Storytelling in Business
UWS	52b	Environmental Justice

Scholarship

Balachandra, Lakshmi/Fischer, Katrin/Brush, Candida. "Do (women’s) words matter? The influence of gendered language in entrepreneurial pitching." Journal of Business Venturing Insights 15. (2021).