[2] Fisher was a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, served as co-director of the Mathematicians and Education Reform Network (MER) of the Universities of Illinois and Minnesota, and served as the director of the High School Teaching Program for the Regional Geometry Institute (RGI) for the Universities of Illinois Chicago, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
Fisher designed and developed a series of workshops that showcased the significant efforts of research mathematicians in education reform.
Fisher was a founding member of RGI and the primary developer of an agenda that was both rigorous and stimulating for K–12 teachers.
[3] In 2006, Fisher gave an MAA invited address at the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio, Texas.
The title of her talk was "Mathematics and education reform: A cautionary tale".