LB Klein

LB Klein, PhD, MSW, MPA (they/them or she/her) is an assistant professor in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work and a core faculty member of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They were trained as an intervention researcher and prevention scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Klein has worked in various capacities (e.g., survivor advocate, prevention educator, program director, evaluator, trainer, researcher, consultant) to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and advance LGBTIQ+ health for nearly two decades.

Dr. Klein leads the Gender, LGBTQ+, Interpersonal Trauma, and Translational Equity Research or GLITTER Lab. Broadly, our research focuses on gender-based violence (e.g., sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, and anti-queer/trans harassment) prevention, survivor advocacy, and LGBTIQ+ health. We use transdisciplinary, mixed method, community-centered, and intersectional approaches to: (1) develop, adapt, and test LGBTIQ+-affirming and -centered bystander intervention programming for college and university students, (2) build more trauma- and violence-informed post-assault services for minoritized survivors, and (3) understand and improve institutional gender-based violence prevention and survivor advocacy practices.

Research areas: 

Gender-based violence, bystander intervention, anti-queer/trans harassment, LGBTIQ+ health, prevention