Faculty Directory
Elizabeth Klein
Part-time Faculty
Education and Child Development Researcher at NORC at the University of Chicago
Graduate Research Assistant at Boston College School of Social Work
Elizabeth Klein
Contact
Email: neimane@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0003-3697-7326
Education
- B.A., University of Notre Dame
- A.M., (MSW equivalent), University of Chicago
- Ph.D., Boston College (anticipated: 2024)
Research Interests
Educational access
Occupational health, burnout, and retention for caregiving professionals (ex: teachers, social workers, nurses, doctors)
Climate migration, displacement, and refugee resettlement
Expertise
- Humanitarian Services
- Immigrants and Refugees
- Macro
- Evaluation
- Trauma
- Stress and Health at the Workplace
Biography
Beth Klein is a PhD candidate at Boston College School of Social Work and Graduate Research Assistant at NORC at the University of Chicago, focusing on family and child wellbeing and resource equity in the aftermath of epidemics, conflict, and forced displacement.
She has extensive work experience and applied research in both the United States and internationally, including the Chicago Public School system, community-based organizations, and refugee camp schools in Thailand and France.
Her work examines barriers and facilitators of educational access and healthcare access, as well as occupational health, burnout, and retention for caregiving professionals (ex: teachers, social workers, nurses, doctors).
She has taught graduate level coursework in program evaluation, strategic planning, and social work community practice.
She is a graduate of the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration (now the Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice), where she was the recipient of the France Summer Grant to conduct field research and provide hands on support in the Calais Jungle, as well as the Excellence in Community and Leadership Award.
Selected Publications
Klein, E. K., Bond, L., McLean, K. E., Feika, M., Bah, A. J., & Betancourt, T. S. (2023). Navigating the tension between fatherhood ideals and realities of a post-conflict setting: a phenomenological study of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. SSM-Qualitative research in health, 3, 100227.
Bond, L., Klein, E. K., & Gates, E. F. (2023). Challenges and strategies for implementers and evaluators working in conflict settings. Evaluation, 29(3), 315-337.
Crea, T. M., Klein, E. K., Okunoren, O., Jimenez, M. P., Arnold, G. S., Kirior, T., ... & Bruni, D. (2022). Inclusive education in a refugee camp for children with disabilities: How are school setting and children’s behavioral functioning related?. Conflict and health, 16(1), 53.