Julie Thompson Klein is a professor and scholar in the field of
Interdisciplinary Studies
Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, ec ...
at
Wayne State University
Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...
. Klein is widely known as a pioneer in interdisciplinary education, and has consulted widely in academic and other settings in the field. In 2016, she was a speaker at the Centennial Symposium of the
Association of American Colleges and Universities
The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is a global membership organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. It works to improve quality and equity in undergraduate education and advance liberal education. ...
. During her 36 years at Wayne state, her publications have been heavily cited.
Publications (partial)
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Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field.' University of Michigan Press. 2015. .
Articles:
* "Interdisciplinarity and complexity: An evolving relationship." structure 71 (1984): 72.
* "Blurring, cracking, and crossing: Permeation and the fracturing of discipline." Knowledges: Historical and critical studies in disciplinarity (1993): 185-214.
* "Prospects for transdisciplinarity." Futures 36.4 (2004): 515-526.
* "Integrative learning and interdisciplinary studies." Peer Review 7, no. 4 (2005): 8-10.
* "A platform for a shared discourse of interdisciplinary education." JSSE-Journal of Social Science Education 5, no. 4 (2006).
* "Afterword: the emergent literature on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research evaluation." Research Evaluation 15, no. 1 (2006): 75-80.
* "Evaluation of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: a literature review." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 35, no. 2 (2008): S116-S123.
See also
HASTAC
HASTAC (/ˈhāˌstak/'), also known as the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory, is a virtual organization and platform of more than 18,000 individuals and 400+ affiliate-institutions dedicated to innovative new mod ...
, the Humanities Arts Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory.
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Curriculum Vitae
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Living people
1944 births
Wayne State University faculty