LB Klein

LB Klein, PhD, MSW, MPA (they/them/theirs or she/her/hers) is the Director of Evaluation and Implementation for Soteria Solutions. Dr. Klein’s research and consulting focuses on gender-based violence prevention, intervention and policy with interests in LGBTQ+ health, equity in higher education, anti-oppressive practice and research-to-practice/practice-to-research approaches. They are an assistant professor in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work and core faculty in the Sexual Violence Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Klein teaches courses on research methods, evaluation, interpersonal violence, trauma, service-learning and macro practice.

Dr. Klein’s research has been published in venues such as Journal of Interpersonal Violence; Journal of American College Health; Journal of Human Trafficking; Trauma, Violence, and Abuse; Global Social Welfare, Social Work, American Journal of Sexuality Education, and Journal of Social Work Education. You can learn more about their research on Google Scholar. Dr. Klein has served as a consultant, trainer and evaluator for organizations, colleges and universities, and coalitions nationally and internationally through Soteria Solutions, Prevention Innovations Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, and their consulting partnership, Catalytical Consulting LLC. They are a founder and serve on the board of the Campus Advocacy and Prevention Professionals Association.

Dr. Klein holds a bachelor's degree in history and master's degree in clinical social work from Washington University in St. Louis, a master's degree in public administration from the Program on Gender-Based Violence at the University of Colorado at Denver, a graduate certificate in LGBT health from Drexel University, and a Ph.D. in social work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They have practiced in campus, nonprofit and government settings including Emory University's interpersonal violence prevention and advocacy office (now the Office of Respect) and St. Louis County's domestic violence court.

You can follow Dr. Klein on Twitter at @LB_Klein.