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Diplomas / Degrees

PHD: SOCIOLOGY, CUNY GRADUATE CENTER, New York, NY (2002)
MSW, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, NEW YORK, NY (1995)
M.ED., UNIVERSITY OF MASS/AMHERST; Amherst, MA (1989)

Recent Courses

Contemporary Sociological Theories
First Year Orientation Experience
First Year Seminar Girls, Sexuality And Violence
First Year Seminar Self Esteem Friendship In Post-Modernity
Gender Issues In Criminal Justice
Independent Study Contemporary Social Theories
Independent Study Contemporary Social Theory
Independent Study Food,Incorporated
Independent Study Gender And Juvenile Crime
Independent Study School Bullying
Independent Study School Violence
Introduction To Sociology
S/T: Girls Sexuality And Violence
S/T: Sexuality And School Shootings
Social Problems
Sociology Of Violence

Personal Statement

When I see students' eyes light up, enthusiastically engage a new issue, or make intellectual connections, I feel thrilled.

I try to help students love ideas and enjoy engaging new perspectives with unexpected or surprising insights.

Among other topics, I write and teach about school shootings and the role of gender, including how these recent massacres magnify the daily gay-bashing, sexual harassment, racial harassment, dating violence, and other forms of bullying, students experience everyday across the nation.

I often share my own long-term work experience with these issues (as well as gangs, substance abuse, and other related difficulties) in New York City public schools where I served as a conflict resolution coordinator, social worker, teacher, and administrator.

Through discussions, student and professor presentations, fiction and non-fiction film, group work, and individual inquiry, I hope students find the study of sociology and criminology fascinating and relevant to their lives. I also hope examining the role of social pressures on contemporary problems inspires empathy, compassion, and a sense of one's own ability to constructively impact the world and smaller communities.

Teaching Specializations / Interests

School Violence; Gender; Contemporary Sociological Theories; "Deviance;" School Shootings; Girls, Violence, and Sexuality; Masculinities; Gender, Race, Class, and Crime;

Grants / Sponsored Research

Individual:

2006: Adelphi Faculty Development Grant. $4,500 or America is from Mars,
Europe is From Venus; Examining School Shooting Responses. Adelphi
University, Garden City, NY.

2004: PSC-CUNY, $4,000 for America is From Mars: Why Some Alienated Boys
Commit School Shootings—gender, violence, and homophobia. CUNY/Lehman, Bronx, NY
2003: PSC-CUNY, $4,000 for “The Roots of School Shootings: Exploring Sexual and Gay Harassment in Schools,” CUNY/Lehman, Bronx, NY.

1991-2002: New York City Board of Education BASE Grants, $1,000-$2,000 annual grants for HIV/AIDS/STI Peer Education Team prevention projects at H.S. for the Humanities, Stuyvesant, Humanities Prep, New York, NY, (excluding 1995-1996).

1999: New Visions for Public Schools Center for School Success Best Practices, $1,000 for submitting article and materials regarding creating and managing the
Opportunity program, helping truant/at-risk students, Humanities Preparatory Academy, NYC.

Multiple:
1999: New Visions for Public Schools, $20,000 to Humanities Preparatory Academy for work in creating and managing the Model College Advising program, New York, NY.

2001: New Visions for Public Schools Center for School Success Best Practices (renewed funding) to Humanities Preparatory Academy, College Advising program, NYC.

Books

Jessie Klein. (2010). THE GENDER POLICE. Rutgers: Rutgers University Press.

Book Chapters

Jessie Klein and Lynn Chancer. (2006). Normalized Masculinity: the Ontology of Violence Rooted in Everyday Life. In B.A. Arrigo and C.R. Williams, (Eds.). Philosophy, Crime, and Criminology (Critical Perspectives in Criminology). (pp. 74-102;).

Jessie Klein. (2005). Masculinity and School Shootings. In A. Giddens, M. Duneier, and R. Applebaum (Eds.). Introduction to Sociology. (pp. 294-295). NY: W.W. Norton.

Jessie Klein. (2003). Mass Violence in Schools. In S.L.A. Straussner and N.K. Phillips (Eds.). Mass Violence and Social Work Practice. (pp. 71-86). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Jessie Klein and Lynn Chancer;. (2000). Masculinity Matters: The Role of Gender in High-Profile School Violence Cases. In S. Spina (Eds.). Smoke and Mirrors: The Hidden Context of Violence in Schools and Society. (pp. 129-162). Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield.

Recent Articles

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Jessie Klein;. (2007, 4). “If Cho had not been bullied…The Virginia Tech shootings remind us that troubled students need help and support building relationships,”. Newsday;, A43

Jessie Klein;. (2007, 4). “Bully rage: common school shooting misery,". Huffington Post;, featued column;

Jessie Klein;. (2006, 5). “An Invisible Problem: Daily Violence Against Girls in School,”. Theoretical Criminology;, 10:2;, 147-177;

Jessie Klein;. (2006, 5). "Cultural Capital and High School Bullies,". Men & Masculinities;, 9:1;, 53-75;

Jessie Klein;. (2006, 4). “Sexuality and School Shootings: What Role Does Teasing. Journal of Homosexuality;, 51:, 39-62.

Invited Presentations and Lectures

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Jessie Klein (24 October 2008). Masculinity Matters: The Role of Gender in High-profile School Violence Cases. CUNY Graduate Center and Labyrinth Bookstore, New York, NY

Jessie Klein (24 August 2008). The Bully Society. Demos: A network for action and ideas

Jessie Klein (24 May 2008). PBAT Defense: Success Stories of Formerly Truant Students. Commissioner Mills’ BlueRibbon Panel, New York, NY

Jessie Klein (24 April 2008). Internet Bullying in Schools. The Connecticut Association of Independent Schools. Mystic, Connecticut

Jessie Klein (25 March 2008). School Shootings magnify everyday violence in schools including dating violence, gay-bashing, and white supremacy. Wagner College, Staten Island, New York

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Jessie Klein (01 April 2008). The Role of Whiteness in School Shootings. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), , New York, NY

Jessie Klein (01 December 2006). Comparing zero tolerance with community action in schools. The Status of Boys: Crisis or Not? An Institute sponsored by The New York Times Company Foundation, The Carter Center and The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York

Jessie Klein (01 February 2006). America is from Mars, Europe is from Venus. Eastern Sociological Association, Boston, MA

Jessie Klein (01 April 2005). Cultural Capital and High School Bullies: How Masculinity Pressures on Young Boys Create Dangerous Social Inequalities. 13th National Conference,” American Men’s Studies Association (AMSA), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Jessie Klein (01 April 2005). America is From Mars; Europe is From Venus—What Can We Do To Respond to School Shooting Here on Earth?. 13th National Conference,” American Men’s Studies Association (AMSA), , Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Honors and Accomplishments

MEDIA:

2007, October: Nominated and accepted as a school shooting/school violence and gender expert for SheSource.org Closing the Gender Gap in News Media; The White House Project; New York, NY.

07, April, 27: Interviewed as expert, for “Gang Violence in our schools.” On Fox 5’s Public Affairs Program: Good Day Street Talk, New York, NY.

2003, November 14: Interviewed as expert, for writing “Teen Killers Feel Trapped by Masculinity Stereotypes,” Michael Medved Show, Re: USA Today op-ed.,” Nationally syndicated.

2001, January: Interview on “Current Health,” for 20-20, New York, NY.

1999, Feb. 5: Speech quoted in New York Times article, “The Impeachment Trial is Denounced as Farce,” Columbia University. New York, NY (after speaking at a co-organized anti-impeachment conference for former President Clinton)

1999, January: Interviewed as expert, for writing “Re-interpreting Pornography at the Turn of the Century,” Canada’s City TV, Filmed in New York, NY.

QUOTED AS EXPERT with Adelphi University:

2007, (June 19). Served as School Violence expert for: Maia Szalavitz., A Better Response to Rejection; Schools Try to Minimize Bullying and Social Isolation of Students, The Washington Post (District-Maryland), Health section, p. HE01.

2007, (April 22). Served as Gender expert for: Earls, S. & McGuire, M. Flirting with self-discovery. The Times Union (Albany, New York), Lifestyle section.

2007, (March 3). Served as Gender expert for: Jacobson, A. Hiding her neck, but not her funny bone; Nora Ephron's take on aging, sex, relationships and high-maintenance grooming gets Long Island women talking. Newsday, B06.

2006, (July 23). Served as Gender expert for: White, T. Putting limits on pursuit of beauty. Baltimore Sun.

2005, (Dec. 12). Served as Gender expert for: Kowal, J. Princess Obsessed. Newsday, page B10.

2004- present. Serve as annual College Advisor Expert for: Schulz, S. Editor-in-Chief. Annual 50 Best Colleges for CosmoGirls.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2006, Individual Adjustment Assessment to my salary for Outstanding Performance, $1,700.00.

1983-1987. Franklin Johnson Scholar Annual merit scholarship to 15 outstanding students.

Professional Activities

2005-present: Peer-reviewer: Theoretical Criminology, Fordham University,
Sociology, New York, NY.

2004-present: Peer-reviewer: Race Ethnicity and Education, University of London, Institute of Education, London, UK.

Member: American Sociological Association (ASA); Eastern Sociological Association (ESA); National Association of Social Workers (NASW); American Education Research Association (AERA), American Criminal Justice Association.

Licenses & Certifications

New York State/City School Social Worker
New York State/City Social Worker
New York State/City Social Studies Teacher